soupcon

English

Etymology

From English soupçon (itself from the French soupçon), often spelled with a regular c since the 1990s.

Noun

soupcon (plural soupcons)

1. Alternative form of soupçon.
   • 2003, Newsweek, "American Beat: Underneath The Turban":

     A guy I'd known as little more than a campus loser was running for Senate with a fair amount of aplomb, a soupcon of dignity and boatloads of cash from his personal fortune.

References

• “soupcon” examples at Wordnik