soupçon

[ soop-sawn, soop-sawn ]

noun

1. a slight trace, as of a particular taste or flavor.

   Synonyms: vestige, hint, bit, dash

soupçon

/ supsɔ̃ /

noun

1. a slight amount; dash

Word History and Origins

Origin of soupçon¹

First recorded in 1760–70; from French: literally, “a suspicion,” Middle French sospeçon, from Late Latin suspectiōn- (stem of suspectiō ), for Latin suspīciō suspicion

Word History and Origins

Origin of soupçon¹

C18: from French, ultimately from Latin suspicio suspicion

Example Sentences

After all, without Mr. Marciony we might still be eating our ice cream with a soupcon of other people's spit.

From The Daily Beast

Up to now, the posture has been to feel a soupcon of empathy or something for the man because well, at least he was in love.

From The Daily Beast

And the soupcon of blue on the hat and in the earrings of miladi lights up the whole personality.

From Project Gutenberg

So there seemed to be a soupcon of treachery in his subtleties and his disclosures.

From Project Gutenberg

That fat woman he's bowing to is Viscountess Sedley, a porcine empress, widow of three, with a soupcon of bigamy to flavour them.

From Project Gutenberg

This, with the soupcon of a demi-shrug; "You will not suffer much" being implied.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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