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savour

Pronunciation: /ˈseɪvə/

(US savor)

Definition of savour

1 [with object] taste (good food or drink) and enjoy it to the full:gourmets will want to savour our game specialities
enjoy or appreciate (something pleasant) to the full, especially by lingering over it:I wanted to savour every moment

2 [no object] (savour of) have a suggestion or trace of (a quality or attribute, typically one considered bad):their genuflections savoured of superstition and popery

[mass noun]

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

Derivatives

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

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

Definition of savour in the US English dictionary

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