disflavor
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- disflavour (British)
Etymology
[edit]From dis- + flavor, compare discolor.
Verb
[edit]disflavor (third-person singular simple present disflavors, present participle disflavoring, simple past and past participle disflavored)
- To (negatively) change the flavour of.
- 1938, The Medical World:
- He won't take his medicine, doctor, he says it disflavors his tobacco!
Noun
[edit]disflavor (plural disflavors)
- A negative or unwanted flavor.
- 1923, Roger L. Sergel, Arlie Gelston, page 273:
- Subtle disflavors ran in her blood that day, and as she read or wandered through the stores, trying the library and again Grand Avenue, a dull consciousness persisted that something had been left undone.
- 1938, Scientific American:
- Chlorination also emphasizes the various other disflavors in water caused by algae, industrial wastes, and so on . Fortunately it is now possible to remove the objectionable tastes and odors in public water supplies that arise from tarred roads ...
- 1939, Water Works Engineering, volume 92, page 1228:
- But a few pounds of Activated Carbon ordinarily removes the disflavors from 100,000 gallons of water.