Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sapid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables: Sa-pid
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

tasty, flavoursome

name

A barangay of Mankayan, Benguet, Philippines.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sep- Proto-Italic *sapjō Latin sapiō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin sapidusder. English sapid From Latin sapidus, from sapiō (“to taste”). Doublet of savoury.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *seh₁p-, sapidus

Inflected Forms

more sapid (comparative) most sapid (superlative)

Derived Forms

sapidity sapidless sapidness

Frequently Paired Words

sapient

Synonyms

savoury flavorful flavourful flavorous flavourous flavorsome flavoursome saporous

Antonyms

insipid

Questions

What does sapid mean?: tasty, flavoursome
Where does sapid come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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