sapour

English

Noun

sapour (plural sapours)

1. Alternative spelling of sapor.
   • 1657, Joannes Renodæus [i.e., Jean de Renou], translated by Richard Tomlinson, “Of Water”, in A Medicinal Dispensatory, Containing the Whole Body of Physick: […], London: […] Jo[hn] Streater and Ja[mes] Cottrel, page 218:

     Yet ſome fountains are impaired; for paſſing through the bowels of the earth, they require aliene faculties, for they mutuate their odour or ſapour from the places through which they permeate.

   • 1682, T[itus] Lucretius Carus, translated by Thomas Creech, “The Fourth Book”, in T. Lucretius Carus the Epicurean Philosopher, His Six Books De Natura Rerum […], Oxford, Oxon: […] L[eonard] Lichfield, Printer to the University [f]or Anthony Stephens […], page 117:

     Thus Heat and Cold, and other Qualities / Affect the Touch, whil’ſt Colours ſtrike the Eyes, / Odours the Smell, Sapours the Taſt, but none / Invades anothers right, uſurps his Throne, / All live at peace, contented with their own.

   • 1860 March 14, Ed[win] Lankester, “South Kensington Museum, […]. On the Flavour of Food, […]. Condiments and Spices.”, in William Crookes, editor, The Chemical News: […], volume I, number 16, London: C[harles] Mitchell and Co., […], published 1860 March 24, page 185, column 1:

     I now pass on to consider, in the second place, the nature of the various kinds of sapours and odours which we find in our food.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sapoure

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sapor, sapōrem. Doublet of savour.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːˈpuːr/, /ˈsaːpur/

Noun

sapour (plural sapours)

1. (literary) taste, flavour

Descendants

• English: sapor, sapour

References

• “sapǒur(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.