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savory
English
Alternative forms
- savoury (British; usually only for etymology 1)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?se?v??i/
Etymology 1
From the Middle English savory, savourie, from Old French savouré, from Old French savourer, from Late Latin sap?r?re, present active infinitive of sap?r?, from Latin sapor (“taste, flavour”), from sapi?, sapere (“taste of, have a flavour of”).
Adjective
savory (comparative savorier, superlative savoriest) (American spelling)
- Tasty, attractive to the palate.
- The fine restaurant presented an array of savory dishes; each was delicious.
- Salty and/or spicy, but not sweet.
- The mushrooms, meat, bread, rice, peanuts and potatoes were all good savory foods.
- umami, modern
- The savory rabbit soup contrasted well with the sweet cucumber sandwiches with jam.
- (figuratively) Morally or ethically acceptable.
- Readers are to be warned that quotations in this chapter contain some not so savory language.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:delicious
Translations
See also
- umami
Noun
savory (plural savories)
- (American spelling) A savory snack.
Etymology 2
Wikispecies From Middle English saverey, possibly from Old English sæþerie, from Latin satureia, influenced by or via Old French savereie.
Noun
savory (countable and uncountable, plural savories)
- Any of several Mediterranean herbs, of the genus Satureja, grown as culinary flavourings.
- The leaves of these plants used as a flavouring.
Derived terms
- summer savory (Satureja hortensis)
- winter savory (Satureja montana)
Translations
savory From the web:
- what savory means
- what savory flavors go with coconut
- what savory spices go with sweet potatoes
- what savory flavors go with chocolate
- what savory flavors go with blueberry
- what's savory food
- what's savory spice
- what's savory seasoning
acrid
English
Etymology
From Latin ?cris, from ?cer (“sharp”); probably assimilated in form to acid. Compare eager.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æk.??d/
- Hyphenation: ac?rid
Adjective
acrid (comparative acrider or more acrid, superlative acridest or most acrid)
- Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste.
- Synonyms: pungent, (archaic) acrimonious
- Antonyms: delectable, delicious, tasteful
- Causing heat and irritation.
- Synonym: corrosive
- (figuratively) Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating.
- Synonyms: acerbic, acrimonious
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- ADRIC, Cardi, Dirac, R acid, Radic, arcid, caird, cardi, carid, daric
acrid From the web:
- what acrid mean
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- what is acrid smell
- what does arid mean
- what does acri mean
- what is acrid smoke
- what is acridine orange
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