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disflavour en · VERB

Etymology

From dis- + flavour, compare discolour.

Meanings

1. British standard spelling of disflavor.
   • Jargon is more offensive and more insidious : whenever I see the word emotive in a review, I pass on to the next : it brings with it a whiff of the laboratory, disflavouring the entertainment. 1937, Essays and Studies, volume 23, page 73:
   • Of these corporations it cannot be said they have no souls, stomachs all the world allows them to possess : the “amari aliquid” which disflavours this fountain of contentment is the non-individuality of such excellent landlords. 1849, John James Robert Manners Duke of Rutland, Notes of an Irish Tour [in 1846]., page 135:
   • […] the wine, or wash, boiling over into the worm, or condenser, which fouls and disflavours the spirit. Perhaps there is not any, or all of these causes together, equal to the use of alkaline salts, an abuse destructive to the vinosity and the purity it was, no doubt, intended to correct. 1805, Richard Shannon, A Practical Treatise on Brewing, Distilling, and Rectification: With the Modern Improvements in Fermentation ... Interspersed with Practical Observations on Each Kind of Fermentable Matter ... and the Making Wines, Cider, and Vinegar ... with a Copious Appendix on the Culture and Preparation of Foreign Wines, Brandies, and Vinegars, page 97:
   • […] the many visits to a cosy next by more than one hen disturbs and disflavours the egg. 1909, The Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria, Victoria. Department of Agriculture:
   • Delicately flavoured products and foodstuffs can on storage be treated with aerosol without any danger of contamination, staining and disflavouring. Aerosols are also being effectively used in commercial buildings and hospitals for disinfection ... 1945, Indian Journal of Applied Chemistry:

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