flavorous

[ fley-ver-uhs ]

adjective

1. full of flavor.
2. pleasant to the taste or smell.

flavorous

/ ˈfleɪvərəs /

adjective

1. having flavour; tasty

Other Words From

• un·flavor·ous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of flavorous¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; flavor + -ous

Example Sentences

Later, as the men feasted on the dogs, Worsley commented that the piece he was eating had a better flavor than the leopard seal, and Hurley found it “exquisitely tender and flavorous.”

From Literature

Each winter a cask was sent him from a special vineyard on the heights of Corinth, and occasioned something like a general rejoicing in Cambridge, so widely were its flavorous contents distributed.

From Project Gutenberg

I view the waters quivering; quaff the breeze, Whose briny raciness keeps an under taste Of flavorous tropic sweets, perchance swept home From Cuba's perfumed groves and garden spiceries.

From Project Gutenberg

Never were there such toothsome red radishes as are grown here in the north, large, firm, and flavorous.

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Weather permitting, it made—it still makes—the finest and most flavorous dried fruit ever eaten.

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