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   Sa·vor·y

   /ˈsāv(ə)rē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of food) belonging to the category that is salty or spicy rather than sweet: "fresh pineapple is useful in savory as well as in sweet dishes" Similar saltyspicypiquanttangyOpposite sweet
   • ▪ having an appetizing taste or smell: "she carried in a pie from the kitchen, steaming and savory"
   • 2. morally wholesome or acceptable: "everyone knew it was a front for less savory operations" Similar acceptablepleasantpalatablewholesomerespectablehonorableproperseemlycreditableOpposite unpleasantunacceptabledishonorable

   noun

   • 1. a savory dish, especially a snack or appetizer: British "refreshments include cakes and savories"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘pleasing to the sense of taste or smell’): from Old French savoure ‘tasty, fragrant’, based on Latin sapor ‘taste’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. savorily adverb
   • 2. savoriness noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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