Word of The Day, March 27

Word of the Day for Sunday March 27, 2005

sapid \SAP-id\, adjective:
1. Having taste or flavor, especially having a strong pleasant
flavor.
2. Agreeable to the mind; to one's liking.

Chemistry can concentrate the sapid and odorous elements of
the peach and the bitter almond into a transparent fluid
--David William Cheever, "Tobacco," [1]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
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Sapid comes from Latin sapidus, "savory," from sapere, "to
taste."
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