Sapor

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A type of taste (sweetness, sourness etc.); loosely, taste, flavor. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "But, though the ſavour bee ſo baſe, the ſapor is ſo excellent, that no meat, no ſauce, no veſſell pleaſes the Guzurats pallat, ſave what reliſhes of it."

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"But, though the ſavour bee ſo baſe, the ſapor is ſo excellent, that no meat, no ſauce, no veſſell pleaſes the Guzurats pallat, ſave what reliſhes of it."

Etymology

From Middle English sapour, sapoure, from Latin sapor. Doublet of savour /savor.

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