soupcon

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

soupcon
    n 1: a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a
         touch of garlic" [syn: {touch}, {hint}, {tinge}, {mite},
         {pinch}, {jot}, {speck}, {soupcon}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Soupcon \Soup`[,c]on"\, n. [F.]
   A suspicion; a suggestion; hence, a very small portion; a
   taste; as, coffee with a soup[,c]on of brandy; a soup[,c]on
   of coquetry.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

38 Moby Thesaurus words for "soupcon":
      cast, dash, gleam, hint, idea, infusion, inkling, intimation, lick,
      look, sauce, scintilla, seasoning, shade, shadow, sip, smack,
      smattering, smell, spark, spice, sprinkling, streak, suggestion,
      sup, suspicion, taint, taste, tempering, thought, tinct, tincture,
      tinge, tint, touch, trace, vestige, whiff

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