soup|çon

soup|çon
soup|çon or soup|con «soop sn, SOOP sn», noun.
a slight trace or flavor; very small amount; suspicion; suggestion: »

to add a soupçon of salt to a salad. A soupçon of financial stability came [to the Paris Review] in 1956 (New York Herald Tribune Books).

SYNONYM(S): whit, dash.
[< French soupçon < Old French sospeçon < Vulgar Latin suspectiō, -ōnis, for Latin suspīciō; see etym. under suspicion (Cf.suspicion)]

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