unsavourinessunsavorinessn.

1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 98 Saltnesse, & vnctuosite, Egrenesse & vnsauournesse.

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xix. lii. sig. kkiiij The nynthe sauour hyght werysshenesse & vnsauerynesse.

1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Insulsitas,..foolysshenesse, vnsauourynesse, lacke of grace.

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Insipidity, unsavouriness, flatness.

1557 Instructions in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) ii. 332 Any anoyance, stinke, or other vnsauoriness..in the shippe.

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxxiii. 7) It is an unsaverines not worthy the disproving.

1639 J. Woodall Treat. Plague in Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 356 If any person, for the unsavourinesse of a medicine, will refuse helpe [etc.].

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. x. 202 If we concede a nationall unsavourinesse in any people, yet shall we finde the Iewes lesse subject hereto then any. View more context for this quotation

1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. iii. 44 The Sea affords Variety of Fish, but not savoury. I believe their unsavouriness proceeds from the extreme Saltness of the Sea-water.

1752 Gouge's Christian Direct. (new ed.) xxii. 140 The unsavouriness of thy words and speeches.

1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. xxxii. 122 In the little peevish contentions of nature betwixt hunger and unsavouriness.

1864 R. Kerr Gentleman's House 291 Flies..follow their noses, and their presence..is but an index of unsavouriness.

1884 Manch. Examiner 23 Sept. 5/2 Mudbanks..in their unsightliness and unsavouriness when exposed.