Definition: soupcon

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

soupcon
     n : a small but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch
         of garlic" [syn: touch, hint, mite, pinch, jot,
          speck]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.