— flavorless , adj.
/flay"veuhr/ , n.
1. taste, esp. the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
2. a substance or extract that provides a particular taste; flavoring.
3. the characteristic quality of a thing: He captured the flavor of the experience in his book.
4. a particular quality noticeable in a thing: language with a strong nautical flavor.
5. Physics. any of the six labels given to the distinct kinds of quark: up, down, strange, charm, bottom, and top.
6. Archaic. smell, odor, or aroma.
v.t.
7. to give flavor to (something).
Also, esp. Brit., flavour .
[ 1300-50; ME fla ( o ) ur flator stench, breath, alter. of L flatus a blowing, breathing, (see FLATUS), perh. with -or of fetor FETOR ]
Syn. 1. See taste. 2. seasoning. 3. essence, spirit.