savour

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: sa=vour

OXFORD DICTIONARY

savour, n. & v. (US savor)
--n.
1 a characteristic taste, flavour, relish, etc.
2 a quality suggestive of or containing a small amount of another.
3 archaic a characteristic smell.
--v.
1 tr. a appreciate and enjoy the taste of (food). b enjoy or appreciate (an experience etc.).
2 intr. (foll. by of) a suggest by taste, smell, etc. (savours of mushrooms). b imply or suggest a specified quality (savours of impertinence).

Derivative

savourless adj.

Etymology

ME f. OF f. L sapor -oris f. sapere to taste