Welcome to another weird and wonderful edition of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! Now is the time to keep your brain in gear and start the new year out right by learning something new with the Word of the Week:
Sapid: (adjective) tasty; savory; palatable. -- "The New York Times Everyday Reader's Dictionary of Misunderstood, Misused, Mispronounced Words", Laurence Urdang, ed., New York Times Book Company, 1972.
Not to be confused with:
Vapid: (adjective) insipid; dull; lifeless. -- [ibid]
Example: The restaurant critic declared that the food at the new Italian place on 17th Street was sapid, as opposed to the decor, which was vapid.
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