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savourysavoryadj.n. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French savoré. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman sauverré , savure , savré , Anglo-Norman and Old French savoré, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French savouré (French †savouré ) sweet, pleasant (1162), pleasant to the taste, fragrant (both 13th cent.), spiced, seasoned (13th cent. in Anglo-Norman), use as adjective of the past participle of savourer savour v., with remodelling of the ending by association with adjectives in -y suffix1.With use in sense A. 2 compare savour n. 2b. A. adj. 1. the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective] c1225 (?c1200) (Bodl.) (1981) l. 560 (MED) Mi swete lif, se swoteliche he smecheð me ant smealleð þet al me þuncheð sauure ant softe þet he sent me. c1225 (?c1200) (Bodl.) (1940) l. 404 (MED) Ah schal ifinden him aa swetture & sauurure. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark ix. 48 Forsoth euery man schal be saltid, or maad sauori, with fier. a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer (Corpus Cambr. 61) (1894) i. l. 405 If it be wikke a wonder thynketh me, Whenne euery torment and aduersite That cometh of hym may to me sauory [a1413 Pierpont Morgan so goodly] thinke. 1545 (STC 16034) sig. ***.iv O Lorde Jesu Christ, without whom nothing is swete nor sauery,..blesse vs & our supper. 1603 W. Shakespeare ii. ii. 445 One said there was no sallets in the lines to make them sauory. a1677 I. Barrow (1685) 90 A good conscience..is a continual feast, yielding a far more solid and savoury pleasure, than the most ample revenue can afford. 1729 T. Betterton (ed. 4) iii. 40 Those Eyes of yours, Lady Laycock, have a pretty kind of I know not what in them—a certain sweet Sourness, that is so savoury to me. 1875 J. Ruskin V. xlix. 11 The delicious parable, savouriest of all Scripture to rogues. 1885 R. L. Stevenson & F. Stevenson 100 Something taking in the way of colour, a good, savoury choice of words. 1943 G. Greene i. vi. 97 ‘Ask at the desk, please’, the commissionaire said and leapt to serve a more savoury carload. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 365 At Glyndalkan aboute þe oratorie of Seint Keynewyn wilewys bereþ apples as it were appel treen, and beeþ more holsom þan sauory. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xix. l. 65 Tho þat sitten in þe sonne-syde sonner aren rype, Swettour and saueriour. ?a1425 (Egerton) (1889) 134 Þai er riȝt sauoury in þe mouth. 1584 T. Cogan cxcii. 150 Cookerie..may make that sauourie, which of it selfe is unsauourie. 1611 Gen. xxvii. 31 And hee also had made sauoury meate, and brought it vnto his father. View more context for this quotation 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer I. iv. 300 All..with keen gust the sav'ry viands share. 1830 M. Donovan II. ii. 35 The natives of some part of Australia eat a kind of caterpillar..of which they compose a dish to them highly savoury. 1918 7 Sept. 860/1 He urges physicians to educate people to the advantages of the fireless cooker as ensuring more thorough and more savory cooking while saving fuel. 1996 F. Mayes (1997) 128 With cheese and/or grilled eggplant, very savory sandwiches can be made quickly. the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [adjective] ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 120 He commaunded þat al þe body be made sauoury [?c1425 Paris fille the body] with þe forsaid medicyne. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. (Rawl.) (1898) 240 (MED) Reubarbe..dryuyth away Ventuosite and makyth the mouth sauourie. ?1533–4 R. Saltwood sig. A.iiv Flowrs smylyng plesauntly With bewtyful colours enpurpuled With swete odor ryght sauory. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. ccixv They..perfume the house with the graines of Iuniper, & other sauoury thinges [L. aliisque rebus odoratis]. 1667 J. Milton ix. 581 A savorie odour..more pleas'd my sense Then smell of sweetest Fenel. View more context for this quotation 1746 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace ii. vii. 54 I throw my Nose up to a savoury Steam. 1866 C. Kingsley I. v. 151 Savoury was the smell of fried pilchard and hake; more savoury that of roast porpoise. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus xiii. 11 Perfume savoury. 1950 D. Goetz & S. G. Morley i. 106 What is it that you eat? The smell is really savoury. Give me a little piece. 2001 R. Bowen x. 86 The smell was none too savory, I can tell you that. 1849 30 Dec. 7/2 Pemberton, who followed Scroggs, has left a name scarcely less savoury for his part in the conviction and execution of Oliver Plunkett. 1909 25 Sept. 134 Unsavory Tammany Hall and its no more savory Brooklyn rivals. 1925 Apr. 8/3 His reputation among his teachers was not savory. 1996 25 Mar. 13/5 Under Soviet rule, the successful risk takers are often less than savoury characters. 2002 7 Apr. 5/3 A mission of colonization by one of Severian's less savory predecessors. †2. In Christian use. society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [adjective] > instruction or improvement a1391 J. Clanvow (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1975) 68 Tresour in heuene..is sauoury tresor and shal neuer faile. c1449 R. Pecock (1860) 89 The maner of outring which is sauory in a sermonyng. 1530 (Fawkes) (1873) i. 49 An other [wyse] is to take hede to the letter only, after the lytterall vnderstondynge. And thys ys sometyme sauory, sometyme barayne, after that the letter ys. 1563 J. Foxe 1354/2 Many such like answers and reasons, mery, but sauery..proceaded from that man. 1626 Bp. J. Hall VIII. O.T. xxi. 336 A forced discontinuance, makes deuotion more sauoury, more sweet to religious hearts. 1694 W. Penn 205 So we parted leaving the man in a sensible and savoury frame. 1855 T. B. Macaulay III. xiii. 295 His letters and speeches are, to use his own phraseology, exceeding savoury... He had a text of the Old Testament ready for every occasion. society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > [adjective] 1642 D. Rogers Ep. Ded. sig. A3v Hath made your name sweet and savoury in the Church of God. 1655 J. Lilburne Let. in (1656) 14 Practised by the savouriest of people called quakers. 1731 R. Wodrow (1843) III. 487 You need not be told what a great loss this Church will be at by this good and worthy gentleman's death, whose name will be for ever savoury in this Church. 1844 Oct. 588 It was the age that produced..among lawyers, the learned and profound Selden, and the savory name of Matthew Hale. 1850 6 121/2 Having seen and heard the testimony of many savory saints who stand around him..I hearby fearlessly assert it..that the God of all grace is his shield. the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > savouriness > [adjective] 1533 T. Elyot sig. B8 Pas. I praye the Harpocrates teache me howe thou doest season thy sylence, doest thou hit with salte or with spyces? Harpocrat. Naye, with sugar, for I vse lyttell salte. Pas. And that maketh your counsayl more swete than sauery. 1661 W. Rabisha 157 If you would have it baked savoury, season it with Pepper, Salt, Cloves [etc.]. 1769 E. Raffald xii. 259 Pigeons in Savory Jelly. 1805 ‘Ignotus’ (ed. 2) 263 Omelette, a Savoury one. 1859 3 Sept. 439/2 The savoury, meat-like taste [of some fungi]. 1882 xi. 65/1 Brown gravies require a more piquant savoury flavour than white. 1913 H. C. S. Wright ii. x. 205 Over a kerosene stove the soup-kettle simmered, giving forth odours in which I detected the savoury smell of Bovril. 1951 371/2 Bridge rolls are split, buttered and filled with a variety of sweet and savoury fillings. 1962 1 Dec. 50/2 Use as a dip with crisps or savoury biscuits. 1993 4 Apr. (Review Suppl.) 48/2 It is the glutamic acid in many foods that produce the savoury taste the Japanese refer to as umami. 2010 1 Feb. 15/1 Filled with ragù and mozzarella, they had a satisfyingly crunchy exterior and an oozing, savory middle. B. n.the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > [noun] > dish > savoury dish 1661 W. Rabisha 138 Another way for a savory. 1844 M. F. Tupper xvii. 168 The board was overloaded with solid sweets and savouries. 1895 G. A. Sala (1896) 28 Curry is served at the end of the savouries and before the sweets. 1897 ‘A. Hope’ i ‘Why, how early you two have dined!’ cried Beatrice. ‘You're at the savoury, aren't you? We've only just come.’ 1912 Feb. 250/2 Which sum was of course excessive, as dear Justice Brasher had said to Mother last evening between the soup and the savory. 1948 S. J. Perelman vii. 86 The waiter administered the coup de grâce, a savory contrived of a moldy sardine spread-eagled on a bit of blackened toast. 2005 (U.K. ed.) June 145/3 Crisps and olives... These tantalising savouries help the amber nectar create that beer belly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  adj.n.c1225 |
