sapid

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For all tongues were wagging; and, in defect of a TIMES Newspaper, it appears, there had Pamphlets come out; printed Satires, bound or in broadside;--sapid, exhilarative, for a season, and interesting to the idle mind.

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  1. adjective Perceptible to the sense of taste; having flavor.
  2. adjective Having a strong pleasant flavor; savory.
  3. adjective Pleasing to the mind; engaging.

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  1. Latin sapidus, from sapere, to taste; see sep- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French sapide, Old French sade = Spanish sápido, from Latin sapidus, having a taste, savory, from sapere, have a taste, taste of, etc.; of persons, have taste or discernment, be wise: see sapient. Cf. sap. Hence the negative insipid.
 

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