Both Uses of
savor
in
Nineteen Minutes
- 'There is now,' he said, and he savored the last of the sweet.†
Chpt 1 *savored = took great pleasure from
- You also didn't want the guy who savored Pee-wee Herman marathons.†
Chpt 2
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."