Relish

/ˈɹɛlɪʃ/ · noun

Meaning

Flavour or taste; (countable) an instance of this..

Definitions by Sense

1. Flavour or taste; (countable) an instance of this.
2. Followed by for: one's liking or taste for something; a fondness.
3. A small amount; a tinge, a trace.
4. Ability to taste or (figurative) enjoy.
5. Particular quality; (countable) an instance of this; a characteristic or quality.
6. Enjoyment of flavour or taste; (countable) an instance of this.
7. Enjoyment of something pleasant; (countable) an instance of this.
8. Appetizing or pleasant flavour or taste; (countable) an instance of this.

Example Sentences

Much pleasure we have lost while we abstained / From this delightful fruit, nor known till now / True relish, tasting.

The Caſe is the ſame if the Object, proper for exciting any Senſation, has never been apply'd to the Organ. A Laplander or Negro has no Notion of the reliſh of VVine.

I have a relish for moderate praise, because it bids fair to be judicious.

One of the first acts which he was under the necessity of performing must have been painful to a man of so generous a nature, and of so keen a relish for whatever was excellent in arts and letters.

[T]hat Air of piety to the Gods ſhould ſhine thro' the Poem, vvhich ſo viſibly appears in all the vvorks of antiquity: And it ought to preſerve ſome reliſh of the old vvay of vvriting; the connections ſhould be looeſ, the narrations and decſriptions ſhort, and the periods conciſe.

Jews and Israel are not synonymous; nor is support for Palestine synonymous with anti-Semitism; nor is questioning the orthodoxy of the Republican party, which the majority of us do with relish, an insult to Jewry.

When liberty is gone, / Life grows insipid, and has lost its relish.

Congressmen gleefully wolfed down every imaginable version of the hot dog – smoked kielbasas, jumbo grillers, Big & Juicy's, kosher dogs and spiced dogs – topped with every imaginable condiment – hot mustard, sweet mustard, jalapenos, spaghetti sauce, regular relish, corn relish, maple syrup salsa and the secret sauce of Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.). ("If I told you the recipe," an aide explained, "I'd have to shoot you.")

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Word Forms

• relishes
• rellish
• relishing
• relished
• no-table-tags
• glossary
• relish
• relishest
• relishedst
• relisheth
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