savoury

[ sey-vuh-ree ]

adjective

plural: savouriesmore savoury or (Rare) savourier most savoury or (Rare) savouriest

1. savory ¹.

savoury

/ ˈseɪvərɪ /

adjective

1. attractive to the sense of taste or smell
2. salty or spicy; not sweet

   a savoury dish

3. pleasant
4. respectable

noun

1. a savoury dish served as an hors d'oeuvre or dessert

Derived Forms

• ˈsavourily, adverb
• ˈsavouriness, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of savoury¹

C13 savure, from Old French savouré, from savourer to savour

Example Sentences

It is a graceful book, essentially graceful, with its haunting agreeable melancholy, its pleasing savoury of antiquity.

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It was so savoury, and I have reason to believe so wholesome, that I have frequently taken it since.

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It is certainly very savoury, only that according to French cookery, too much is made of the fowl.

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Not a moment is to be lost--every thing is put in requisition--the savoury meat is soon prepared.

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This pudding was so filling that we could hardly struggle through a savoury, "Angels on runners," and cocoa.

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