Synonyms for sapid


Grammar : Adj
Spell : sap-id
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæp ɪd


Définition of sapid

Origin :
  • 1630s, from Latin sapidus "savory, having a taste," from sapere (see sapient). Its opposite is insipid.
  • adj savory
Example sentences :
  • But I speak of the cruet sauces, where the quintessence of the sapid is condensed in a phial.
  • Extract from : « Crotchet Castle » by Thomas Love Peacock
  • I prefer the above method for the reason given; gentle stewing renders meat, &c. tender, and still leaves it sapid and nutritive.
  • Extract from : « The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual » by William Kitchiner
  • Organized charity is a sapid and savorless thing; its place among moral agencies is no higher than that of root beer.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays » by Ambrose Bierce
  • We perceive no taste, unless the sapid body be applied to the tongue, or some part of the organ of taste.
  • Extract from : « Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind (Vol. 1 of 3) » by Thomas Brown
  • Sapid, sap′id, adj. well-tasted: savoury: that affects the taste.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) » by Various
  • The cup furnishes a thin film like swan-skin which imbibes the sapid exudations from the stem, the source of nourishment.
  • Extract from : « Social Life in the Insect World » by J. H. Fabre
  • Soft, sheep, sapid and extremely oily as the superlative ão implies.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Book of Cheese » by Robert Carlton Brown
  • It will be difficult to distinguish it from the Sapid mushroom and for table purposes there is little need to separate them.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • Pure water is neither sapid nor odorous, equivalent to Water is not sapid; Water is not odorous.
  • Extract from : « Logic » by Carveth Read

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