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savorsome en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈseɪvɚsəm/ (General-American)
  • /ˈseɪvəsəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • sāvərsəm (General-American)

Etymology

From savor + -some.

Meanings

  1. Characterised or marked by savor or savoriness; savorous; full of savor, flavor; tasty, flavorful, flavorsome.
    • […] for, if you follow this method, you may eat, eat of savorsome dishes - in a word, you may dine - and eating you will grow thin. 2005, Vance Thompson, Eat and Grow Thin, page 27:
    • We found the venison savoursome in spite of the story. 2011, Arthur Philemon Coleman, The Canadian Rockies: New and Old Trails:

Forms

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savoursome alternative lexicographic
most savorsome Degree=Sup lexicographic
more savorsome Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

savory