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savor

Syllabification: (sa·vor)

Pronunciation: /ˈsāvər/

(Britishsavour)

Definition of savor

1 [with object] taste (good food or drink) and enjoy it completely:gourmets will want to savor our game specialties
enjoy or appreciate (something pleasant) completely, especially by dwelling on it:I wanted to savor every moment

2 [no object] (savor of) have a suggestion or trace of (something, especially something bad):their genuflections savored of superstition and popery

a characteristic taste, flavor, or smell, especially a pleasant one:the subtle savor of wood smoke
a suggestion or trace, especially of something bad.

Derivatives

Middle English: from Old French, from Latin sapor, from sapere 'to taste'

Remember that savor and the related word savory are spelled with -or (the spellings savour and savoury are British).

Definition of savor in the British & World English dictionary

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