Sa″vor (?), n. [OE. savour, savor, savur, OF. savor, savour, F. saveur, fr. L. sapor, fr. sapere to taste, savor. See Sage, a., and cf. Sapid, Insipid, Sapor.] [Written also savour.] 1. That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an ill savor.
I smell sweet savors and I feel soft things. Shak.
2. Hence, specific flavor or quality; characteristic property; distinctive temper, tinge, taint, and the like.
Why is not my life a continual joy, and the savor of heaven perpetually upon my spirit? Baxter.
3. Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent. “Beyond my savor.” Herbert.
4. Pleasure; delight; attractiveness.
She shall no savor have therein but lite. Chaucer.
Syn. — Taste; flavor; relish; odor; scent; smell.