savoury
adjective/ˈseɪvəri/
/ˈseɪvəri/
(US English savory)
- tasting of salt; not sweet
- savoury snacks
- What’s in the pastry? Is it sweet or savoury?
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- having a pleasant taste or smell
- a savoury smell from the kitchen
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Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘pleasing to the sense of taste or smell’): from Old French savoure ‘tasty, fragrant’, based on Latin sapor ‘taste’.
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