saporous
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- saporosity noun
Etymology
Origin of saporous
1660–70; < Late Latin sapōrōsus, equivalent to Latin sapor savor + -ōsus -ous
Example Sentences
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It’s aromatic, robust and saporous.
From Salon
What fishe is of sauor swete and delicious,— Rosted or sodden in swete hearbes or wine; Or fried in oyle, most saporous and fine.—
From Project Gutenberg
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