Definition of savory

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sa·vor·y ¹    (sv-r) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:

1. Appetizing to the taste or smell: a savory stew.
2. Piquant, pungent, or salty to the taste; not sweet.
3. Morally respectable; inoffensive: a past that was scarcely savory.

NOUN:
pl. sa·vor·ies

A dish of pungent taste, such as anchovies on toast or pickled fruit, sometimes served in Great Britain as an hors d'oeuvre or instead of a sweet dessert.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English savure, from Old French savoure, past participle of savourer, to taste, from Late Latin saprre, from Latin sapor, flavor ; see savor

OTHER FORMS:
savor·i·ly (Adverb), savor·i·ness (Noun)

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