sapidityn.
/səˈpɪdɪti/ a. The quality of being sapid or having taste and flavour.
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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [noun] > quality of having taste
savourc1450
sapidity1646
sapidness1649
grip1892
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxi. 158 The body of that element [air] is ingustible, void of all sapidity . View more context for this quotation
1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. i. 3 The epicure with whom the single quality of sapidity outweighs every other consideration.
1878 McKendrick Outl. Physiol. 224 There must always be a certain amount of sapidity or flavour in the food.
b. figurative. (Cf. ‘relish’.)
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > relish
haut-goût1650
sapidity1656
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Sapidity, pleasantness of taste or savor; also pleasantness of talk.
a1806 J. Barry in R. N. Wornum Lect. on Painting (1848) 230 [Rembrandt's] tints..have the same truth, high relish, and sapidity as those of Titian.
1907 Sat. Rev. 29 June 815/1 It is the clash of personalities which gives the sapidity to the life of a politician.
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