All 8 Uses of
savor
in
Of Human Bondage
- It was as though the beastly passion of that pair troubled them all; there was a feeling of Oriental depravity; a faint savour of joss-sticks, a mystery of hidden vices, seemed to make their breath heavy.†
Chpt 29-30 *savour = take great pleasure fromunconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it savor.
- The feast consisted of a pot-au-feu, which Miss Chalice had made, of a leg of mut ton roasted round the corner and brought round hot and savoury (Miss Chalice had cooked the potatoes, and the studio was redolent of the carrots she had fried; fried carrots were her specialty); and this was to be followed by poires flambees, pears with burning brandy, which Cronshaw had volunteered to make.†
Chpt 47-48savoury = flavorful in a delightful wayunconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use savory.
- Considering it, the mind reeled under visions of the feasts of Elagabalus; and the subtle harmonies of Debussy mingled with the musty, fragrant romance of chests in which have been kept old clothes, ruffs, hose, doublets, of a forgotten generation, and the wan odour of lilies of the valley and the savour of Cheddar cheese.†
Chpt 67-68savour = take great pleasure fromunconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it savor.
- I yearn for it; and when I drink it I savour every drop, and afterwards I feel my soul swimming in ineffable happiness.†
Chpt 81-82
- There was a savoury smell of beefsteak in the room and Philip's eyes turned to the range.†
Chpt 113-114savoury = flavorful in a delightful wayunconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use savory.
- He did not know what there was in the air that made his senses so strangely alert; it seemed to him that he was pure soul to enjoy the scents and the sounds and the savours of the earth.†
Chpt 119-120
- A savoury smell spread over the air.†
Chpt 119-120savoury = flavorful in a delightful wayunconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use savory.
- She seemed to carry with her scents of the new-mown hay, and the savour of ripe hops, and the freshness of young grass.†
Chpt 119-120savour = take great pleasure fromunconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it savor.
Definitions:
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(1)
(savor) to take great pleasure from; or the pleasure or flavor enjoyed
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(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."