relish
noun
[ ˈrɛlɪʃ ]
• great enjoyment.
• "she swigged a mouthful of wine with relish"
• a piquant sauce or pickle eaten with plain food to add flavour.
• "use salsa as a relish with grilled meat or fish"
• an appetizing flavour.
• "the tired glutton finds no relish in the sweetest meat"
relish
verb
• enjoy greatly.
• "he was relishing his moment of glory"
Similar:
enjoy,
delight in,
love,
like,
adore,
be pleased by,
take pleasure in,
rejoice in,
appreciate,
savour,
revel in,
luxuriate in,
glory in,
gloat over,
feel self-satisfied about,
crow about,
get a kick out of,
get a thrill out of,
• make pleasant to the taste; add relish to.
• "I have also a novel to relish my wine"
Origin:
Middle English: alteration of obsolete reles, from Old French reles ‘remainder’, from relaisser ‘to release’. The early noun sense was ‘odour, taste’ giving rise to ‘appetizing flavour, piquant taste’ (mid 17th century), and hence relish (sense 2 of the noun) (late 18th century).
