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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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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