soupçon

• soupcon

From French soupçon. Doublet of suspection.

• IPA^(key): /suːpˈsɒn/, /suːpˈsɒ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɒn

soupçon (plural soupçons)

1. A very small amount; a hint; a trace, slight idea; an inkling.

   Add a soupçon of red pepper.

   coffee with a soupçon of cognac

   No one is so depraved that a soupçon of goodness cannot be found in them.

   • 1838 (date written)​, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter II, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 21:

     Henrietta, her niece, looked much prettier than she really was; she had good dark eyes, to which a soupçon of rouge, put on with such skill that few suspected it, gave all possible brightness.

2. (dated) A suspicion; a suggestion.

• (small amount): see also Thesaurus:modicum.

• “soupçon” at Wordnik

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From the Old French sospeçon, inherited from the Latin suspectiō, suspectiōnem. Not a doublet of suspicion.

• IPA^(key): /sup.sɔ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃

soupçon m (plural soupçons)

1. suspicion; mistrust
2. a hint, a tad, a little bit (of something)

   ajoute un soupçon de cannelle

   Synonym: zeste

• au-dessus de tout soupçon
• soupçonner

• soupçonnable
• soupçonneux

• → English: soupçon

• “soupçon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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