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savorous, a.|ˈseɪvərəs|
Also 4–7 saverous, 5 savoruss, Sc. sawouris, 5–7 savourous.
[a. OF. saverous, savorous (mod.F. savoureux):—late L. sapōrōsus, f. sapōr sapor: see -ous.]
1. Of good savour, pleasant to the taste.
c1450Holland Howlat 705 Many sawouris salss with sewaris he send. 1520Nisbet N.T., Mark ix. 49 Salt is gude; gif salt be vnsauorous, in quhat thing sal ye mak it sauorous? 1604E. G[rimstone] tr. Acosta's Hist. Indies iii. xvi. 170 There are two kindes of fishes breed in this Lake.., the one they call Suches, which is great and savorous. 1891F. Tennyson Daphne, etc. 274 Garden sweets..And savorous herbs that lay together crush'd.
†b. fig. That is relished or enjoyed; delightful.
a1366Chaucer Rom. Rose 84 Than yonge folk entenden ay For to ben gay and amorous, The tyme is than so savorous. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 366/4 Though she were resplendysshaunt, wel sauerous and ryght ful of grete myracles. 1567Painter Pal. Pleas. II. 157 b, To gather that soote and sauorous frute which louers so egerly sue for at maydens handes. 1657tr. ‘Idiota's’ Div. Lover, Holy Exerc., But if it proue..that some other worke, or Exercise, is, or would be more sauourous or rellishinge to thy Spirit.
†2. Full of relish, greedy. Obs.
1491Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) i. cxv. 138 b, Many notable lordes..somwhat to content his sauourous appetyte..send oft tymes to hym grete sommes of money.
Hence ˈsavorously adv.
1480Caxton Ovid's Met. xv. iii, The tyme was somtyme that the peple lyvyd wt out etyng of flesshe; & wer norysshyd saverously of the fruytes of the trees & of herbes. |