savourablesavorableadj.

Brit.

/ˈseɪv(ə)rəbl/, U.S.

/ˈseɪv(ə)r(ə)bəl/

Forms: late Middle English sauourable, 1500s sauorable, 1800s– savorable, 1900s– savourable.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French savourable ; savour v., -able suffix.

Etymology: Partly (i) < Middle French savourable (c1226 in Old French as savorable ; < savorer , savourer savour v. + -able); and partly (ii) < savour v. + -able suffix.

Capable of being savoured; spec. pleasing to the taste.

ΚΠ

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) xviii. 85 Yat all thing yat god and nature has maid is till him sensible and sauourable be way of resoun.

?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iii. vi. sig. Gv Loue..that makethe..bitter thinges swete and sauorable.

1860 Proc. 8th Session Amer. Pomol. Soc. 7/1 The Sweet Paradise..is a sweet apple, and very savorable, and a very good one.

1978 Billboard 16 Sept. 60/4 It's a sequel to their ‘Twin House’ album of last spring and equally savorable.

2001 R. Hill Dialogues of Dead (2003) ix. 94 The pleasure lies in the anticipation of that moment when time will stop completely and everything will happen in an infinitely savorable present.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	savourable
释义	savourablesavorableadj. Brit. /ˈseɪv(ə)rəbl/, U.S. /ˈseɪv(ə)r(ə)bəl/ Forms: late Middle English sauourable, 1500s sauorable, 1800s– savorable, 1900s– savourable. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French savourable ; savour v., -able suffix. Etymology: Partly (i) < Middle French savourable (c1226 in Old French as savorable ; < savorer , savourer savour v. + -able); and partly (ii) < savour v. + -able suffix. Capable of being savoured; spec. pleasing to the taste. ΚΠ c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) xviii. 85 Yat all thing yat god and nature has maid is till him sensible and sauourable be way of resoun. ?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iii. vi. sig. Gv Loue..that makethe..bitter thinges swete and sauorable. 1860 Proc. 8th Session Amer. Pomol. Soc. 7/1 The Sweet Paradise..is a sweet apple, and very savorable, and a very good one. 1978 Billboard 16 Sept. 60/4 It's a sequel to their ‘Twin House’ album of last spring and equally savorable. 2001 R. Hill Dialogues of Dead (2003) ix. 94 The pleasure lies in the anticipation of that moment when time will stop completely and everything will happen in an infinitely savorable present. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1485
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