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Relish

verb

(past & past part. relished; pres. part. relishing)

Derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in. Synonyms: bask, enjoy, savor, savour.

noun

Vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment. Synonyms: gusto, zest, zestfulness.

Spicy or savory condiment.

The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth. Synonyms: flavor, flavour, nip, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang.

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"Relish" Quotes from Famous Books

... under the cover was a platter of brown millet with a savory side dish of beans for relish. Julian flushed up. 'No thanks, I've never tried millet pap yet, and I don't mean to,' ...

— Cinderella in the South - Twenty-Five South African Tales • Arthur Shearly Cripps

... the hideous menu of his companion. Beetles, rodents and caterpillars were devoured with seeming relish. Tarzan was indeed ...

— Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... personal power increased, and as the negotiations for peace became more and more likely to prove successful, the Advocate lost all relish for placing his great rival on a throne. The whole project, with the documents and secret schemes therewith connected, became mere alms for oblivion. Barneveld himself, although of comparatively humble birth and station, was likely with time to exercise more real power in the State than either ...

— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley

... him the very word is repugnant. Although he may never have heard of Marx, it is the Marxian conception that comes to his mind, and this implies coercion, a government that constantly interferes with his personal liberty, that compels him to tasks for which he has no relish. But your American, and your Englishman, for that matter, is inherently an individualist he wants as little government as is compatible with any government at all. And the descendants of the continental Europeans ...

— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

... mocking him? In secret, he, Lissac? Evidently, they wanted to make fun; it was absurd, it was unlikely, such things only happened in operettas. He would heartily relish it at the Cafe Riche presently, when he went to dine. In close confinement? He was no longer annoyed at the jest, so amusing had it become. For an old Parisian like him, it was a facetious romance and ...

— His Excellency the Minister • Jules Claretie

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