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soupçon
[
soop-
saw
n
,
soop
-saw
n
]
soup·çon
/
supˈsɔ̃
,
ˈsup
sɔ̃
/
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[
soop-
saw
n
,
soop
-saw
n
]
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noun
a slight trace, as of a particular taste or flavor.
Origin:
1760–70;
<
French:
a suspicion,
Middle French
sospeçon
<
Late Latin
suspectiōn-
(stem of
suspectiō
), for
Latin
suspīciō
suspicion
Synonyms
dash, bit, hint, vestige.
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soupçon
(supsɔ̃)
—
n
a slight amount; dash
[C18: from French, ultimately from Latin
suspicio
suspicion
]
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