sapid
Americanadjective
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having taste or flavor.
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agreeable to the taste; palatable.
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agreeable, as to the mind; to one's liking.
adjective
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having a pleasant taste
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agreeable or engaging
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Etymology
Origin of sapid
1625–35; < Latin sapidus tasty; cf. sage 1
Explanation
Something that's sapid is very flavorful or savory. A sapid beef stew tastes rich and delicious. The adjective sapid is a fairly uncommon way to describe something with a rich, deep flavor. You can declare your grandmother's Thanksgiving feast sapid, though you may have to reassure her that it's a compliment — sapid is more often used in scientific or industry writing about food than in cooking magazines. It comes from the Latin sapidus, "savory, or having a taste," from the root sapere, which means both "to taste" and "to be wise."
Vocabulary lists containing sapid
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Example Sentences
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Vegetables take center stage at Sapid, celebrated chef Alain Ducasse’s new 10th arrondissement spot focusing on sustainably-sourced, mostly plant-based cuisine using ingredients like quinoa cultivated without pesticides in the nearby Anjou region.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2021
Sapid, sap′id, adj. well-tasted: savoury: that affects the taste.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
It will be difficult to distinguish it from the Sapid mushroom and for table purposes there is little need to separate them.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha
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