Piquant, pungent, or salty to the taste; not sweet.
Morally respectable; inoffensive: a past that was scarcely savory.
n.
pl.sa·vor·ies A dish of pungent taste, such as anchovies on toast or pickled fruit, sometimes served in Great Britain as an hors d'oeuvre or instead of a sweet dessert.
[Middle English savure, from Old French savoure, past participle of savourer, to taste, from Late Latin sapōrāre, from Latin sapor, flavor; see savor.] sa'vor·i·ly adv., sa'vor·i·ness n.
[sey-vuh-ree] 
adjective, -vor⋅i⋅er, -vor⋅i⋅est, noun, plural -vor⋅ies.
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