savour

Speech parts

1. savour - Noun

2. savour - Verb

Meaning

the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in

taste appreciatively

give taste to

have flavor; taste of something

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In the deeps of his ground he knows and feels nothing, in soul or body, but a singular radiance with sensible well-being and all pervading savour. John Ruysbroeck

To feel envy is human, to savour schadenfreude is devilish. Arthur Schopenhauer

His jest shall savour but a shallow wit, when thousands more weep than did laugh it. William Shakespeare

Slow travel now rivals the fly-to-Barcelona-for-lunch culture. Advocates savour the journey, travelling by train or boat or bicycle, or even on foot, rather than crammed into an airplane. They take time to plug into the local culture instead of racing through a list of tourist traps. Carl Honore

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour. Dutch Proverb

It's but kindly that the pock savour of the herring. Scottish Proverb

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