Meaning & use
Soupçon
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A very small quantity or slight trace of something, especially a flavor or quality.
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The sauce needed just a soupçon of garlic to bring out its flavor.
There was a soupçon of sarcasm in her reply.
A note on using this word
Borrowed directly from French soupçon, meaning "suspicion," the word is often anglicized without its cedilla as "soupcon."
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