savour

Meanings

Noun

• The specific taste or smell of something.
• A distinctive sensation.
• Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent.
• Pleasure; appreciation; relish.

Verb

• To possess a particular taste or smell, or a distinctive quality.
• To appreciate, enjoy or relish something.
• To season.

Origin

• From Middle English savour, from Old French savour, from Latin sapor ("taste, flavor"), from sapiō. sapor.
• From Middle English savour, from Old French savourer, from savour, or possibly Late Latin sapōrāre, present active infinitive of sapōrō, from sapor, from sapiō.