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

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

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

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

Xenocles affirmed, that ripe fruit had usually a pleasing, vellicating sapor, and thereby provoked the appetite better than sauces or sweetmeats; for sick men of a vitiated stomach usually recover it by eating fruit.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

Meats have no sapor, nor digestion fair play, in a crowd.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Lamb, Charles