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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Alternative form of soupçon.
Etymologies
- From English soupçon (itself from the French soupçon), often spelled with a regular c since the 1990s. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“ps. the word of the day is "soupcon" - use it in a sentence today and people will think you are twenty times smarter.”
“Please don't use the word "soupcon" in the same paragraph with "body parts".”
The I Need a Shower Now and a Cocktail Immediately After Trophy
“That's why we cannot afford a single moment of complacency, a second of self-indulgence, a soupcon of short-sightedness, or a waking moment of egotism.”
“Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal, Styling by Anne Cardenas BUTTERNUT SQUASH SEED With a haunting and hard-to place taste—hints of apricot, chanterelles, a soupcon of peanut butter—a finishing swirl of this domestic oil can be just the thing to make vegetables like roasted cauliflower and Brussels sprouts a little more provocative.”
“Black Narcissus is a fairy tale crossed with sexy nuns locked in feverish desire with a soupcon about the fading British empire.”
The Huffington Post: Michael Giltz: Movies: "Blimp" Is Back! British Gem Is Beautifully Restored
“Andy Rooney was America's bemused uncle, spouting homespun wisdom weekly at the end of "60 Minutes," a soupcon of topical relief after the news magazine's harder-hitting segments.”
The Wall Street Journal: Curmudgeonly Commentator Andy Rooney Dies
“Of course, this is but a soupcon of the bonkersauce, compared to the tureen of same that Tancredo has amassed in his political lifetime.”
“A new study from Ohio State University has found that when sports fans watch their favorite team play, they enjoy the experience most when their excitement is mixed with a strong helping of fear and maybe even a soupcon of near-despair.”
The thrill of victory depends on the fear of the agony of defeat
“Recipe for more than a soupcon of disappointment, no?”
The Huffington Post: Dr. Cheryl Pappas: Mother's Day: A Tribute To My Best Friend
“Although today, you can't peruse a print ad much less watch Sesame Street without experiencing a soupcon of lust.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘soupcon’.
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tatterdemalion's list
chrysalis, colloquy, peroration, syncretism, dickering, gamelan, dictatress, adventurism, untenable, presumption of fa..., lovelorn, bawdily and 47 more...
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touch
palp, tactile, brush, abut, bepaint, tinct, soupcon, graze, stroke, allude, nudge, epicritic and 67 more...
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Words
My list of words.
veritable, facetious, nadir, quixotic, apropos, acquiesce, ostensible, insipid, egregious, inveterate, coax, adroit and 409 more...
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ifjuly's list
favorite words. some are made up injokes between me and my husband or family.
skein, zaftig, july, bed, orifice, aesthete, ink, parce-que, desormais, cake, pusillanimous, pulse and 531 more...
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zetadiction
words that embody life
hydrae, kleptocracy, curmudgeon, wordie, risotto, qi, pulchritudinous, micropolitan, schadenfreude, neolithic, experimentalist, zeta and 477 more...
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not the sum of their parts
words formed as the combination of two or more other words, but which have a meaning unrelated to either of the constituent words
earwig, ladyfinger, pantywaist, dovetail, eavesdropper, blackmail, greenhorn, mango, carpet, penny farthing, farthingale, damage and 118 more...
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Francophilia
Gallicisms
de rigueur, au courant, bonhomie, gauche, frisson, raison d'etre, joie de vivre, mot juste, bon mot, contretemps, savoir-vivre, savoir-faire and 18 more...
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WandaWisdom's Words
bucolic, riparian, bejewel, delicious, retarded, megalomaniacal, prolapse, soupcon, palliative, vituperous, fakir, canard and 1 more...
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S
Main List
sacrilege, schemata, sesquipedalian, shibboleth, soupcon, splendiferous, spunk, susurrus, syllepsis, syncope, seduction, scurrilous and 5 more...
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words I still don't know very well
inured, obviate, perspicacious, truculent, bucolic, anathema, apogee, adumbrate, quotidian, augury, desuetude, desultory and 36 more...
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vipassana's list
Some of my faves
dastard, perambulatory, finial, pud, oculus, asshat, crepuscular, soupcon, sinecure, peripatetic, mneme, incarnadine and 11 more...
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graceface's Words
proboscis, penumbra, kismet, unguent, lugubrious, assuage, pneumatic, cavalier, waylaid, specious, brisk, frisson and 44 more...
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kittykate's Words
ester, alacrity, soupcon, morsel, tread, trefoil, poignant, panoply
Tweets
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johnmperry French = suspicion (should be soupçon)
an eentsy-weentsy amount, but bigger than a nuage Jun 21, 2008