Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who savors or smacks of something; one who favors or takes pleasure in something.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
savourer .
Etymologies
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Examples
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On the contrary, I am a savorer, a re-reader, perhaps what some might even call ... a hoarder.
Tamar Chansky: 2G or Not 2G: A Love Story with Technical Difficulties Tamar Chansky 2010
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On the contrary, I am a savorer, a re-reader, perhaps what some might even call ... a hoarder.
Tamar Chansky: 2G or Not 2G: A Love Story with Technical Difficulties 2010
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As we shall see, however, in the very act of distinguishing the gourmand from the glutton, the depiction en vignette of the gourmand also combines savant, savorer, and Savarin in one overdetermined figure, in a process of rhetorical condensation of which the glass of wine is ultimate repository.
Economies of Excess in Brillat-Savarin, Balzac, and Baudelaire 2007
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Like you, I'm a slow reader (I like to think of it as being a savorer of books, lingering over words and construction), which means we can also debunk myth #2:
Writer Unboxed 2009
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It doesn't help that Zachary is the world's most impressive savorer.
Wheels on the bus 2008
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Like you, Iām a slow reader (I like to think of it as being a savorer of books, lingering over words and construction), which means we can also debunk myth #2:
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » From the Mailbox: Is it too late for me to become a writer? 2009
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