sapor

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noun

A type of taste (sweetness, sourness etc.); loosely, taste, flavor.

OriginMiddle English sapour ← Latin sapor →
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Meanings

nounsapor (countable and uncountable, plural sapors)

plural sapors · alternative sapour

  1. archaiccountableuncountableA type of taste (sweetness, sourness etc.); loosely, taste, flavor.

    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.

    1638, Tho[mas] Herbert, Some Yeares Travels Into Divers Parts of Asia and Afrique. […], 2nd edition, London: […] R[ichard] Bi[sho]p for Iacob Blome and Richard Bishop, →OCLC, book II, page 125

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
flavour

Origin

  1. Latinsapor
  2. Middle Englishsapour
  3. Englishsapor

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

sapor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sapor

MLA

“sapor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sapor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sapor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sapor.

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