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Definition of "sapid" [sap•id]

  • Perceptible to the sense of taste; having flavor. (adjective)
  • Having a strong pleasant flavor; savory. (adjective)
  • Pleasing to the mind; engaging. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "sapid" in a sentence
  • "(The day after reading "sapid" in Mr. Schur's book, I reached for my dictionary to find another word, and it opened to the page topped by "sapid.""
  • "Then you think of an afternoon siesta after the sapid."
  • "“Their form as Shadow, accompanied by no intervening body nor by any sun, and uniquely comprehensible as a mode of dementia, cautious and sapid …” pinguitude."