Both Uses of
savor
in
Twelfth Night
- Like to the Egyptian thief, at point of death, Kill what I love; a savage jealousy That sometime savours nobly.†
p. 169.4 *
- This savours not much of distraction.†
p. 183.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(savor) to take great pleasure from; or the pleasure or flavor enjoyed
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, savory can refer to an aroma or flavor that is not sweet, or to a specific spice of the mint family or related plants.
Even more rarely, savor can mean to have traces of -- as when Alexander Hamilton wrote "Its situation must always savor of weakness."