sapid.

Having a distinct or pleasing taste rather than being tasteless.

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Words that belong together

• sapid food
• a sapid broth

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The herbs made the broth sapid without overwhelming its delicate base.

He found the plain-looking food unexpectedly sapid after the bland meals of the journey.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Comparative more sapid; superlative most sapid where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.