relishing

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

[39] What is eat by way of relish to dry bread is called kitchen in Scotland, as cheese, dried fish, or the like relishing morsels. — The Pirate: Andrew Lang Edition, Walter Scott
There was much to be done at the store on the morrow, and Ohano’s suggestion that she intended to keep awake for other nights was not a relishing prospect. — Daughters of Nijo: A Romance of Japan, Onoto Watanna
Then was it that I came in pudding time, Dandin, my son, nor is the fat of bacon more relishing to boiled peas than was my verdict then agreeable to them. — Gargantua and Pantagruel, François Rabelais

tasting, savoring, savouring, degustation

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