SAVOURY


Meaning of SAVOURY in English

adj. & n. (US savory)

--adj.

1. having an appetizing taste or smell.

2 (of food) salty or piquant, not sweet (a savoury omelette).

3 pleasant; acceptable.

--n. (pl. -ies) Brit. a savoury dish served as an appetizer or at the end of dinner.

Derivatives:

savourily adv. savouriness n.

Etymology: ME f. OF savour{eacute} past part. (as SAVOUR)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.