savor
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See also: savôr
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
savor (plural savors)
- US standard spelling of savour.
- 1900, New York (State) Legislature, Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, page 774, syllabus of the department of public instruction:
- Taste gives knowledge of the savors of material things. Touch gives knowledge of form, smoothness, roughness, hardness, softness, pressure, temperature. Hearing gives knowledge of sound and distinguishes noises, musical tones, [...]
- 1900, New York (State) Legislature, Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, page 774, syllabus of the department of public instruction:
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
savor (third-person singular simple present savors, present participle savoring, simple past and past participle savored)
- US standard spelling of savour.
- 1915, John Burroughs, The Writings of John Burroughs:
- An explanation of life phenomena that savors of the laboratory and chemism repels me, and an explanation that savors of the theological point of view is equally distasteful to me. I crave and seek a natural explanation of all phenomena ...
- 1915, John Burroughs, The Writings of John Burroughs:
Anagrams[edit]
Ido[edit]
Verb[edit]
savor
- future infinitive of savar
Lombard[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Akin to Italian sapore, from Latin sapor. Compare also French saveur.
Noun[edit]
savor
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
savor f (oblique plural savors, nominative singular savor, nominative plural savors)
- Alternative form of savour