Word of the Day for Monday, September 26, 2011
sapid \SAP-id\, adjective:
1. Having taste or flavor, especially having a strong pleasant flavor.
2. Agreeable to the mind; to one's liking.
So who will be the victor over the B.O., who will have the sapid taste of victory and get this country back on the high speed rail track of success and economic recovery?
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
Chemistry can concentrate the sapid and odorous elements of the peach and the bitter almond into a transparent fluid-- David William Cheever, "Tobacco", The Atlantic, August 1860
I've raved about the elegant and earthy lobster-and-truffle sausage, the sapid sea bass with coarse salt poached in lobster oil, and the indescribably complex and delectable ballottine of lamb stuffed with ground veal, sweet-breads and truffles.-- James Villas, "Why Taillevent thrives", Town & Country, March 1, 1998
Sapid comes from Latin sapidus, "savory," from sapere, "to taste."
No comments:
Post a Comment