sapid

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: sap=id

CIDE DICTIONARY

sapid, a. [L. sapidus, fr. sapere to taste: cf. F. sapide. See Sapient, Savor.].

 Having the power of affecting the organs of taste; possessing savor, or flavor.  [1913 Webster]
"Camels, to make the water sapid, do raise the mud with their feet."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sapid, adj. literary 1 having (esp. an agreeable) flavour; savoury; palatable; not insipid.
2 literary (of talk, writing, etc.) not vapid or uninteresting.

Derivative

sapidity n.

Etymology

L sapidus f. sapere taste

THESAURUS

sapid

agreeable, ambrosial, appetizing, dainty, delectable, delicate, delicious, delightful, exquisite, flavored, flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, flavory, good, good to eat, good-tasting, gustable, gusty, juicy, likable, luscious, lush, mouth-watering, nectareous, nectarous, nice, of gourmet quality, palatable, pleasing, relishing, saporific, saporous, savorous, savory, scrumptious, succulent, tasty, toothsome, yummy

ROGET THESAURUS

sapid

Taste

N taste, good taste, refined taste, cultivated taste, delicacy, refinement, fine feeling, gust, gusto, tact, finesse, nicety, to prepon, polish, elegance, grace, judgment, discernment, dilettantism, dilettanteism, virtu, fine art, culture, cultivation, aesthetics, man of taste, connoisseur, judge, critic, conoscente, virtuoso, amateur, dilettante, Aristarchus, Corinthian, arbiter elegantiarum, stagirite, euphemist, caviare to the general, in good taste, cute, tasteful, tasty, unaffected, pure, chaste, classical, attic, cultivated, refined, dainty, esthetic, aesthetic, artistic, elegant, euphemistic, to one's taste, to one's mind, after one's fancy, comme il faut, tire a quatre epingles, elegantly, nihil tetigit quod non ornavit, chacun a son gout, oculi pictura tenentur aures cantibus, taste, flavor, gust, gusto, savor, gout, relish, sapor, sapidity, twang, smack, smatch, aftertaste, tang, tasting, degustation, gustation, palate, tongue, tooth, stomach, sapid, saporific, gustable, gustatory, gustful, strong, gamy, palatable.