Both Uses of
savor
in
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- If ever his soul, re-entering her dwelling shyly after the frenzy of his body's lust had spent itself, was turned towards her whose emblem is the morning star, BRIGHT AND MUSICAL, TELLING OF HEAVEN AND INFUSING PEACE, it was when her names were murmured softly by lips whereon there still lingered foul and shameful words, the savour itself of a lewd kiss.†
Chpt 3 *
- To mortify the taste he practised strict habits at table, observed to the letter all the fasts of the church and sought by distraction to divert his mind from the savours of different foods.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(savor) to take great pleasure from; or the pleasure or flavor enjoyed