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flavorous

American  
[flay-ver-uhs] / ˈfleɪ vər əs /

adjective

  1. full of flavor.

  2. pleasant to the taste or smell.


flavorous British  
/ ˈfleɪvərəs /

adjective

  1. having flavour; tasty

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of flavorous

First recorded in 1690–1700; flavor + -ous


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To this kind of stuff the addition of a small amount of some flavorous material is very useful.

From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Sir Charles Alexander Cameron

Never were there such toothsome red radishes as are grown here in the north, large, firm, and flavorous.

From Seeds of Pine by Janey Canuck

It cannot be written but by a scholar and a gentleman; and no English gentleman in recent times has ever thought of birds except as flying targets, or flavorous dishes.

From Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds by John Ruskin

The dry stuffing takes up the juices of the fowl, and is much more flavorous, and less pasty than that which is wet before use.

From Dishes & Beverages of the Old South by Martha McCulloch-Williams

Such flavorous gruels and porridges as she concocted! such tisanes after her guest's instructions! such dainty soups, and sweetbreads, and cutlets, served with such neatness!

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 by Various

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