savour

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savour /ˈseɪvə(r)/ (US savor)

▶verb

• 1 appreciate and enjoy the taste of (good food or drink).

  ■ enjoy or appreciate to the full.

• 2 (savour of) have a suggestion or trace of.

▶noun

• 1 a characteristic taste, flavour, or smell.

• 2 a suggestion or trace.

– derivatives
savourless adjective.

– origin ME: from OFr., from L. sapor, from sapere ‘to taste’.