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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A very small amount; a trace: not a soupçon of mercy.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A suspicion; hence, a very small quantity; a taste: as, water with a soupçon of brandy.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A very small amount; a hint; a trace.
  2. n. dated A suspicion; a suggestion.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A suspicion; a suggestion; hence, a very small portion; a taste.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a slight but appreciable amount

Etymologies

  1. From French soupçon (Wiktionary)
  2. French, from Old French sospeçon, suspicion, from Latin suspectiō, suspectiōn-, fear, from suspectus, past participle of suspicere, to suspect; see suspect. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. suspicion
  1. suggestion
  1. taste

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  1. small indefinite quantity
  1. small indefinite amount

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  1. snuff

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  1. regality
  1. tiptoe

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  • ecbrenner a trace, a little bit Jun 5, 2009

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