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)