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- Dictionaryfla·vor·ous/ˈflāvərəs/
adjective
- 1. having a pleasant or pungent flavor. dated
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Flavorous is an adjective that means flavorsome, or carefully wrought. It is a rare word that is only in the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary. Learn more about its usage, synonyms, and examples.
Flavorous is an adjective that means having flavour or tasty. It is a suffix that forms adjectives from nouns and verbs, and it is first recorded in the period 1690–1700.
IPA guide. Definitions of flavorous. adjective. full of flavor. synonyms: flavorful, flavorsome, flavourful, flavourous, flavoursome, sapid, saporous. tasty. pleasing to the sense of taste.
Flavorous means having flavor, taste, or aroma. Find out the origin, usage, and related words of flavorous in this online dictionary.
Flavorous definition: full of flavor. . See examples of FLAVOROUS used in a sentence.
a particular quality or character: The resort has a nautical flavour. [ S ] an idea or quick experience of something: To give you a flavour of what the book is like Jilly is going to read out a brief extract. Fewer examples. The wine had a sharp, almost citric flavour. This wine has a delicious fruity flavour.
flavorous in American English. (ˈfleivərəs) adjective. 1. full of flavor. 2. pleasant to the taste or smell. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Word origin. [ 1690–1700; flavor + -ous] This word is first recorded in the period 1690–1700.
