flavorous

American  

[fley-ver-uhs] / ˈfleɪ vər əs /

adjective

1. full of flavor.

2. pleasant to the taste or smell.

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flavorous British  

/ ˈfleɪvərəs /

adjective

1. having flavour; tasty

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Other Word Forms

• unflavorous adjective

Etymology

Origin of flavorous

First recorded in 1690–1700; flavor + -ous

Example Sentences

Who made the splendid rose Saturate with purple glows; Cupped to the marge with beauty; a perfume-press Whence the wind vintages Gushes of warm-ed fragrance richer far Than all the flavorous ooze of Cyprus' vats?

From New Poems by Thompson, Francis

I view the waters quivering; quaff the breeze, Whose briny raciness keeps an under taste Of flavorous tropic sweets, perchance swept home From Cuba's perfumed groves and garden spiceries.

From Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

The more meaty and flavorous the persimmons, the richer will be the beer.

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

Weather permitting, it made—it still makes—the finest and most flavorous dried fruit ever eaten.

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

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 Cameron, Charles Alexander, Sir