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Also spelled savoury

US /ˈseɪ.və.ɹi/
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Synonyms
1 adj · morally wholesome or... savoury
Word family
Forms savoriness
Derived forms savorilysavorinessunsavory
Related forms umami

Etymology

From the Middle English savory, savourie, from Old French savouré, from Old French savourer, from Late Latin sapōrāre, from Latin sapor (“taste, flavour”), from sapiō, sapere (“taste of, have a flavour of”).

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