n. [ OE. savour, savor, savur, OF. savor, savour, F. saveur, fr. L. sapor, fr. sapere to taste, savor. See Sage, a., and cf. Sapid, Insipid, Sapor. ] [ Written also savour. ] 1. That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an ill savor. [ 1913 Webster ] I smell sweet savors and I feel soft things. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Hence, specific flavor or quality; characteristic property; distinctive temper, tinge, taint, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ] Why is not my life a continual joy, and the savor of heaven perpetually upon my spirit? Baxter. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent. [ R. ] “Beyond my savor.” Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Pleasure; delight; attractiveness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] She shall no savor have therein but lite. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] Syn. -- Taste; flavor; relish; odor; scent; smell. [ 1913 Webster ] |