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savour
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[ˈseɪvə], (Verb)
Definitions:
- taste (good food or drink) and enjoy it to the full
(e.g: gourmets will want to savour our game specialities)
- have a suggestion or trace of (a quality or attribute, typically one considered bad)
(e.g: their genuflections savoured of superstition and popery)
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Origin
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Middle English: from Old French, from Latin sapor, from sapere ‘to taste’
[ˈseɪvə], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a characteristic taste, flavour, or smell, especially a pleasant one
(e.g: the subtle savour of wood smoke)
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Origin
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Middle English: from Old French, from Latin sapor, from sapere ‘to taste’
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