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sapidity|səˈpɪdɪtɪ|
[ad. L. *sapiditātem, f. sapid-us sapid: see -ity.]
The quality of being sapid or having taste and flavour.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxi. 158 The body of that element [air] is ingustible, void of all sapidity. 1837M. Donovan Dom. Econ. II. 3 The epicure with whom the single quality of sapidity outweighs every other consideration. 1878M'Kendrick Outl. Physiol. 224 There must always be a certain amount of sapidity or flavour in the food.
b. fig. (Cf. ‘relish’.)
1656Blount Glossogr., Sapidity, pleasantness of taste or savor; also pleasantness of talk. 1784J. Barry in Lect. Paint. vi. (1848) 230 [Rembrandt's] tints..have the same truth, high relish, and sapidity, as those of Titian. 1907Sat. Rev. 29 June 815/1 It is the clash of personalities which gives the sapidity to the life of a politician. |