sapor en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English sapour, sapoure, from Latin sapor. Doublet of savour /savor.
Meanings
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(archaic, countable, uncountable) A 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sapors | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| sapour | alternative | lexicographic |