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savoury
[ sey-vuh-ree ]
adjective
plural: savouriesmore savoury or (Rare) savourier most savoury or (Rare) savouriest
savoury
/ ˈseɪvərɪ /
adjective
- attractive to the sense of taste or smell
- salty or spicy; not sweet
a savoury dish
- pleasant
- respectable
noun
- 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.
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It was so savoury, and I have reason to believe so wholesome, that I have frequently taken it since.
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It is certainly very savoury, only that according to French cookery, too much is made of the fowl.
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Not a moment is to be lost--every thing is put in requisition--the savoury meat is soon prepared.
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This pudding was so filling that we could hardly struggle through a savoury, "Angels on runners," and cocoa.
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