savour

US savor

/ (ˈseɪvə) /

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noun

the quality in a substance that is perceived by the sense of taste or smell

a specific taste or smellthe savour of lime

a slight but distinctive quality or trace

the power to excite interestthe savour of wit has been lost

archaic reputation

verb

(intr often foll by of) to possess the taste or smell (of)

(intr often foll by of) to have a suggestion (of)

(tr) to give a taste to; season

(tr) to taste or smell, esp appreciatively

(tr) to relish or enjoy

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Derived forms of savour

savourless or US savorless, adjectivesavorous, adjective

Word Origin for savour

C13: from Old French savour, from Latin sapor taste, from sapere to taste

Words nearby savour

Savonarola, Savonarola chair, Savonarola, Girolamo, savor, savory, savour, savoury, Savoy, Savoy Alps, Savoyard, Savoy cabbage

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How to use savour in a sentence

Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour, and make a fat offering, and then give place to the physician.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
These poems, of a savour so exquisitely strange, cost him no more than any badly rhymed commonplace.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life|Thophile Gautier
Some fruit was boiling on a stove, giving out a fragrant savour, and Elise's eye was on it mechanically.
When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete|Gilbert Parker
Brother Jackson made a motion with his mouth, as though he were tasting some pleasant savour.
A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3)|Frances Eleanor Trollope

And as for emotions—such as anger, or religion, or fear—he would attempt none whose savour he had not tasted for himself.
Blazed Trail Stories|Stewart Edward White