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savoury

[ sey-vuh-ree ]

adjective

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


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

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Derived Forms

  • ˈsavourily, adverb
  • ˈsavouriness, noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of savoury1

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

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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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