savour
/ˈseɪvəɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The quality which the sense of taste detects; also (countable), a specific flavour or taste, especially one different from the predominant one.
British usage; Uncountable
noun
The quality which the sense of taste detects; also (countable), a specific flavour or taste, especially one different from the predominant one.
British usage; Countable
noun
A distinctive sensation like a flavour or taste, or an aroma or smell.
British usage; Countable
noun
A particular quality, especially a small amount of it; a hint or trace of something.
British usage; Countable
Example Sentences
- "And Noe [Noah] made an aulter vnto the LORDE⸝ and toke of all maner of clene beaſtes and all maner of clene foules⸝ and offred ſacrifyce vppon the aulter. And the LORDE ſmellyd a ſwete ſavoure and ſayd in his hert: I wyll henceforth no more curſe the erth for mannes ſake⸝ […]"
- "Matr[euis]. Gurney, I vvonder the king dies not, / Being in a vault vp to the knees in vvater, / To vvhich the channels of the caſtell runne, / […] / Gurn[ey]. And ſo do I, Matreuis: yeſternight / I opened but the doore to throvv him meate, / And I vvas almoſt ſtifeled vvith the ſauor."
- "Then Melfoil beat, and Honey-ſuckles pound, / VVith theſe alluring Savours ſtrevv the Ground; […]"
- "[M]ethought I smelled the agreeable savour of roast beef; […]"
- "He held out to me a bowl of steaming broth, that filled the room with a savour sweeter, ten thousand times, to me than every rose and lily of the world; yet would not let me drink it at a gulp, but made me sip it with a spoon like any baby."
- "[B]y our Sences which conceiue al Colours, Sounds, Sents, Sauors, and Féelings; wée may ſee, heare, ſmell, taſt, and feele, that one ſelfſame workman made both the Sences, and the things that are ſubiect to the Sences."
Etymology
From Middle English savour, from Anglo-Norman saveur, savor, savour, and Old French saveur, savor, savour (modern French saveur), from Latin sapor, from sapiō (“to taste of (something); to have a flavour”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p-, *sep- (“to taste; to try out”)) + -or (suffix forming third-declension masculine abstract nouns). Doublet of sapor.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈseɪvəɹ/
- British English: /ˈseɪvə/
Usage
Inflected Forms
savours (plural)
savor (alternative)
savours (present, singular)
savouring (participle, present)
savoured (participle, past)
savoured (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
savoured (first person, past)
savourest (archaic, present)
savorest (archaic, present)
savoured (past, second person)
Derived Forms
savoured
savourlessness
savourless
savourly
savoursome
spendsavour
missavour
outsavour
savourable
savourer
savouring
unsavour