soupçon

[ soop-sawn, soop-sawn ]

noun

1. a slight trace, as of a particular taste or flavor.

   Synonyms: vestige, hint, bit, dash

soupçon

/ supsɔ̃ /

noun

1. a slight amount; dash

Word History and Origins

Origin of soupçon¹

First recorded in 1760–70; from French: literally, “a suspicion,” Middle French sospeçon, from Late Latin suspectiōn- (stem of suspectiō ), for Latin suspīciō suspicion

Word History and Origins

Origin of soupçon¹

C18: from French, ultimately from Latin suspicio suspicion

Example Sentences

Slight nausea and pain in the back, headache and a soupçon of chill.

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The Colonel had rather demurred at first, thinking there was a soupçon of fastness and independence in it.

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Still there was a soupçon of gratification in imagining him mourning in secret anguish and remorse over her untimely end.

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The soupçon of mockery in her whole air, of which all through he has been faintly but uncomfortably aware, has deepened.

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We're not to be allowed even the soupçon of a wave or the lightest bouffée, while side-curls are quite démodés.

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Related Words

• crumb
• drop
• pinch