sapor

American  

[sey-per, -pawr] / ˈseɪ pər, -pɔr /

British, sapour

noun

1. the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.

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sapor British  

/ -pə, ˈseɪpɔː /

noun

1. rare the quality in a substance that is perceived by the sense of taste; flavour

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Other Word Forms

• saporific
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of sapor

From Latin, dating back to 1470–80; see origin at savor

Example Sentences

Nae tu grande sapis! sapor et sapientia non est: Omnis et in paruis bene qui scit desipuisse, Saepe supercilijs palmam sapientibus aufert.

From The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Spenser, Edmund

Found another Acrostichum, a Bolbophyllum, a rare Aristolochia foliis palmatis, 7 lobis, subtus glaucis; sapor peracerbus, floribus siphonicis. 

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William

Has venio baccas, quanquam sapor asper acerbis, Decerptum, quassumque manu folia ipsa proterva, Maturescentem praevortens improbus annum.

From Verses and Translations by Calverley, Charles Stuart

Huius enim uini miraculosi sapor solito graciosior erat, et odor in propinatoris pollice quamdiu suruixit redoleuit.

From The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints by MacAlister, R.A. Stewart

That which emits this sapor hoereticus becomes so initially horrible, that naturally no beauty can ever be discovered in it; the senses and imagination are in that case inhibited by the conscience.

From The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory by Santayana, George