different between savory vs enjoyable
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
enjoyable
English
Etymology
enjoy +? -able
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?n?d???.j?.b?l/
Adjective
enjoyable (comparative more enjoyable, superlative most enjoyable)
- Pleasant, capable of giving pleasure.
- That was an enjoyable day; I had a lot of fun.
Translations
enjoyable From the web:
- what enjoyable means
- what enjoyable about smoking
- what's enjoyable in welsh
- what's enjoyable in irish
- what enjoyable means in spanish
- what enjoyable in english
- enjoyable what does it mean
- what are enjoyable jobs
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