different between savory vs spicey
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:
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- what savory flavors go with chocolate
- what savory flavors go with blueberry
- what's savory food
- what's savory spice
- what's savory seasoning
spicey
English
Adjective
spicey (comparative more spicey, superlative most spicey)
- Archaic form of spicy.
- 1806, Alexander Hunter, Culina Famulatrix Medicinæ (page 125)
- The English Cooks keep all their Spices in separate boxes, but the French Cooks make a spicey mixture that does not discover a predominancy of any one of the spices over the others.
- 1806, Alexander Hunter, Culina Famulatrix Medicinæ (page 125)
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