disflavor

English

Alternative forms

• disflavour (British)

Etymology

dis- +‎ flavor, compare discolor.

Verb

disflavor (third-person singular simple present disflavors, present participle disflavoring, simple past and past participle disflavored)

1. To (negatively) change the flavour of.
   • 1938, The Medical World:

     He won't take his medicine, doctor, he says it disflavors his tobacco!

Noun

disflavor (plural disflavors)

1. 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.

Anagrams

• varifolds