savorous

Example Sentences

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Thereafter, on cushioned beds were repasts, long and savorous, eaten to the sound of crotal and of flute.

From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Saltus, Edgar

Chamois milk Aristotle said that the most savorous cheese came from the chamois.

From The Complete Book of Cheese by Brown, Robert Carlton

They were, as I expected, sitting around the fire eating their supper, and there came to my nostrils the savorous odour of roast pork.

From Palm Tree Island by Strang, Herbert

They seem to have done less to destroy life’s palate with the condiments of civilization, and therefore, still find plain things savorous.

From Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View by Collier, Price

That is to say, the savorous particles must be dissolved in some fluid, so as to be subsequently absorbed by the nervous tubes, feelers, or tendrils, which cover the interior of the gastatory apparatus.

From The Physiology of Taste by Robinson, Fayette