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noun

Flavor n. (Written also flavour)

That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.

That quality of anything which affects the taste; that quality which gratifies the palate; relish; zest; savor; as, the flavor of food or drink.

That which imparts to anything a peculiar odor or taste, gratifying to the sense of smell, or the nicer perceptions of the palate; a substance which flavors.

That quality which gives character to any of the productions of literature or the fine arts.

verb

flavour v. t. Same as flavor, v. and n.. (Chiefly Brit.)

Synonyms: season, flavor, give flavor.

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Etymology of 'Flavour'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Flavour" Quotes from Famous Books

... Borgne brought was always a flavour of simples or drugs. One night—at least I supposed it was night from the chill of the air blowing past the bearskin—just as Le Borgne stooped to serve me, his torch flickered out. Before he could relight, I had poured the broth out and handed ...

— Heralds of Empire - Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade • Agnes C. Laut

... strawberry cultivated at Jersey, which is almost covered with seaweed in the winter, in like manner as many plants in England are with litter from the stable. These strawberries are usually of the largeness of a middle-sized apricot, and the flavour is particularly grateful. In Jersey and Guernsey, situate scarcely one degree farther south than Cornwall, all kinds of fruit, pulse, and vegetables are produced in their seasons a fortnight or three weeks sooner than in England, even on the ...

— The Parent's Assistant • Maria Edgeworth

... not unwarrantably intruded; on those terms only that he was being treated in sincerity as an old friend. "I am an old campaigner, madam. Permit me, using an old friend's liberty, to congratulate you on the flavour of this boiled mutton." ...

— The Mayor of Troy • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

... royal flavour about our little gathering, then! Here is the King's shipmate, and here is his ...

— Three Dramas - The Editor--The Bankrupt--The King • Bjornstjerne M. Bjornson

... the vintage is the same, infinite, inexhaustible, and as punctual as the sun and the seasons. It was Columbus's weakness as an administrator that he thought the bottle was everything; it is your strength that you care for the vintage, and labour to preserve its flavour ...

— Christopher Columbus, Complete • Filson Young

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