savor
noun
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
Example Sentences
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My weakness by thy savorous strength is nursed, And in thy gaping love absorbing me I taste the time when all I am shall be In Nature's vast and flowering corpse dispersed.
From Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell by Various
They seem to have done less to destroy life’s palate with the condiments of civilization, and therefore, still find plain things savorous.
From Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View by Price Collier
Chamois milk Aristotle said that the most savorous cheese came from the chamois.
From The Complete Book of Cheese by Robert Carlton Brown
They were, as I expected, sitting around the fire eating their supper, and there came to my nostrils the savorous odour of roast pork.
From Palm Tree Island by Herbert Strang
Thereafter, on cushioned beds were repasts, long and savorous, eaten to the sound of crotal and of flute.
From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Edgar Saltus
