Savor Definition
sāvər
savored, savoring, savors
noun
savors
That quality of a thing which acts on the sense of taste or of smell.
Webster's New World
A particular taste or smell.
Webster's New World
Characteristic quality; distinctive property.
Webster's New World
Perceptible trace; tinge.
Webster's New World
Power to excite interest, zest, etc.
Webster's New World
verb
savored, savoring, savors
To be the source of the flavor or scent of; season.
Webster's New World
To have the particular taste, smell, or quality; smack (of)
Webster's New World
To exhibit a specified quality or characteristic; smack.
Postures that savored of vanity.
American Heritage
To show traces or signs (of)
Rudeness savoring of contempt.
Webster's New World
To taste or smell, esp. with relish.
Webster's New World
Origin of Savor
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From Old French savourer, from Late Latin sapōrāre, present active infinitive of sapōrō, from sapor (“taste, flavor"), from sapiō (“taste of, have a flavor of").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English savour from Old French from Latin sapor from sapere to taste sep- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old French savour, from Latin sapor (“taste, flavor"), from sapiō (“taste of, have a flavor of").
From Wiktionary
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