See Also: flavour(1)(dictionary)
flavour(2)(dictionary)
off-flavour(dictionary)
flavour 1, noun(dictionary)
flavour 2, verb(dictionary)

flavour(1) (iou)



flavour noun. Also *flavor. LME.
[Old French flaor (infl. by savour) perh. from Proto-Romance blending of Latin flatus blowing, breath and foetor stench.]
Fragrance, smell; an aroma; a trace of a particular odour. arch. LME.
J. Masefield The strong ammonia flavour Of horses' stables.
The quality perceived by the sense of taste (aided by smell); a distinctive taste. L17.
flavour of the month a short-lived fashion; a person who or thing which is very popular for a short time.
J. Steinbeck Doc was frying sausages, sprinkling a little chocolate over them. It gave them an odd and oriental flavour, he thought.
b. A substance added to food etc. to impart a specific taste. L18.
M. Pyke Should a really convincing raspberry flavour be developed, will its use be wrong in the absence of raspberries?
fig. An indefinable characteristic quality; a slight admixture of a (usu. undesirable) quality. L17.
H. L. Mencken There is always a flavour of doubt..a feeling..that, after all, the scoundrel may have something up his sleeve. Company Amsterdam..is compared with Venice, but the flavour is totally different.
Particle Physics. A quantized property of quarks which differentiates them into at least six varieties (up, down, charmed, strange, top, bottom). Also, an analogous property of leptons. L20.
flavourful adjective E20.
flavourist noun a person who creates flavourings for drinks, perfumes, etc. L20.
flavourless adjective M18.
flavourlessness noun M19.
flavoursome adjective M19.
flavoury adjective E18.