All 4 Uses of
savor
in
The Winter's Tale
- Turn then my freshest reputation to A savour that may strike the dullest nostril Where I arrive, and my approach be shunn'd, Nay, hated too, worse than the great'st infection That e'er was heard or read!†
Scene 1.2 *
- I'll not call you tyrant But this most cruel usage of your queen,— Not able to produce more accusation Than your own weak-hing'd fancy,—something savours Of tyranny, and will ignoble make you, Yea, scandalous to the world.†
Scene 2.3
- —Reverend sirs, For you there's rosemary and rue; these keep Seeming and savour all the winter long: Grace and remembrance be to you both!†
Scene 4.4
- —Here's flowers for you; Hot lavender, mints, savory, marjoram; The marigold, that goes to bed with the sun, And with him rises weeping; these are flowers Of middle summer, and I think they are given To men of middle age.†
Scene 4.4
Definition:
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(savor) to take great pleasure from; or the pleasure or flavor enjoyed