savour

Plural: savours

Noun

the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
An aroma or smell.
The quality which the sense of taste detects; also (countable), a specific flavour or taste, especially one different from the predominant one.
The quality which the sense of taste detects; also (countable), a specific flavour or taste, especially one different from the predominant one.
An appealing or appetizing flavour, especially one which is savoury or strong.
A distinctive sensation like a flavour or taste, or an aroma or smell.
A particular quality, especially a small amount of it; a hint or trace of something.
A quality which is appealing or enjoyable; merit, value.
A reputation.
Enjoyment or taste for something; appreciation; pleasure; relish; (countable) an instance of this.
Knowledge; understanding.

Verb

Verb Forms: savoured, savouring, savours

British spelling for 'savor'; to taste or enjoy with pleasure.
have flavor; taste of something
give taste to
taste appreciatively
derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
To detect (a flavour or taste, or food or drink); to taste; specifically, to enjoy or linger on (a flavour or taste, or food and drink); to relish.
To give (food or drink) flavour; to flavour, to season.
To detect (an aroma or smell, especially an appealing one); to smell.
To enjoy (something) deeply or in a lingering manner; to appreciate, to delight in, to relish.
To find (something) appealing; to appreciate, to like.
To possess (a particular, often negative, quality), especially a small amount of it; to be redolent or suggestive of (something).
To be appealing to (a person, the senses, etc.).
To experience, perceive, or understand (something).
To give (something) a particular quality; to imbue with.
To give (something) an aroma or smell.
Followed by out: to detect or find (something).
To have a suspicion of (something).
Of a thing: to give off a (specified) aroma or smell.
Of food or drink: to have a specified (especially appealing) flavour or taste.
To possess a particular (often negative) quality, especially a small amount of it; to be redolent or suggestive of.
Chiefly followed by a descriptive word like ill or well: to have a specified quality.
To give off a foul smell; to stink.
Chiefly followed by to, unto, with, etc.: to be appealing.

Examples

He closed his eyes so he could really savour his dessert.
He would savour the sweet taste of victory after a hard-fought Scrabble match.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English savour, from Anglo-Norman saveur, savor, savour, and Old French saveur, savor, savour (modern French saveur), from Latin sapor, from sapiō (“to taste of (something); to have a flavour”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p-, *sep- (“to taste; to try out”)) + -or (suffix forming third-declension masculine abstract nouns). Doublet of sapor.

Synonyms

bask, enjoy, flavor, flavour, nip, relish, sapidity, savor, smack, tang, taste, care for, tinge

Scrabble Score: 9

savour: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
savour: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
savour: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

savour: valid Words With Friends Word