Literary notes about SAVOUR (AI summary)
The word "savour" is used in many literary works to evoke both tangible taste and an intangible quality that colors ideas or emotions. In sacred texts, it often signifies an aroma or quality that is pleasing to the divine—for instance, as the essential fragrance of offerings prepared for the altar ([1],[2],[3]). Its usage expands to characterize sensory experiences in everyday life, such as the lingering taste after a meal or the evocative remnant of a cherished memory ([4],[5]). At times, authors employ "savour" metaphorically to critique or appreciate artistic tone and character, as when it suggests an undue hint of passion or style in rhetoric ([6],[7],[8]). Through these varied applications, "savour" enriches the narrative by linking sensory perception to broader thematic elements.
- And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the Lord’s.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway - And spices and oil for the lights, and for the preparing of ointment, and to make the incense of most sweet savour.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for a holocaust, and a sweet savour to the Lord.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - After ill savour, honey's taste Is to the mouth more sweet; After the storm, the twinkling stars The eyes more cheerly greet.
— from The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius - You were so kind and tender and fascinating to me to-day that I seemed to feel again the savour and rapture of the days of old.
— from Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo by Juliette Drouet and Louis Guimbaud - They savour of the heretical views of the Anabaptists, views that I have completely refuted in four of my unpublished sermons.
— from The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People by Oscar Wilde - These words should be mine, And all the parts you have spoke, if some part of it Would not have savour'd flattery.
— from The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster - Such abuse of rhythm is sure to savour of coxcombry and petty affectation, and grows tiresome in the highest degree by a monotonous sameness of tone.
— from On the Sublime by active 1st century Longinus
