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saffroned

saffroned

6.0
Having a golden yellow color and a warm taste from a special cooking spice
  • adjective
  • /ˈsæfrəned/
  • Archaic
translation icon : sazonado con azafrán
  • The chef presented a dish of saffroned paella, which was vibrant yellow and full of flavor.

Examples

  • Bent almost double beneath his load of trays, the owner of the restaurant decked the table with a score of different salads, platters of golden roast pigeon, and plates of saffroned, mouth-watering rice.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • He took her first to an Indian place several blocks into a questionable district of the city, where they ate papadums and a lightly saffroned, greaseless lamb.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • She served a saffroned risotto that was both creamy and aromatic, impressing all her guests.

  • I ordered a saffroned fish curry, and its rich yellow color indicated the infusion of saffron.

Synonyms

sulfur-yellow
vssaffroned
  • US
5.1

A bright pale yellow like a lemon or an egg yolk

has a warm tone and includes a subtle flavor note

How Flavored

saffroned
  • Archaic
6.0
plain
208 1.0

Surface Forms

saffroned positive

Morphology

saffroned = saffron (transparent) = saffron + ed

Formed regularly from the noun 'saffron' with the adjectival/past-participial suffix '-ed', meaning 'having been treated with or coloured by saffron', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Saffroned comes from saffron, which itself comes from the old Arabic word za'farān meaning 'saffron'. Saffron is a strong spice with red threads that give food a warm golden color and a special taste, so something saffroned is 'colored' or 'flavored' with saffron.