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gustatory

[guhs-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] Example Sentences Origin

gus·ta·to·ry

[guhs-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
adjective
of or pertaining to taste or tasting.

Origin:
1675–85; < Latin gustā(re) to taste + -tory1

gus·ta·to·ri·ly, adverb
un·gus·ta·to·ry, adjective
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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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Example Sentences
  • But it remains an alluring destination for all kinds of gustatory debauchery.
  • Hence, the interchangeable words and facial expressions for olfactory or gustatory disgust and moral disgust.
  • Not all his gustatory experiments have been so successful.
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gustation (ɡʌˈsteɪʃən)
 
n
the act of tasting or the faculty of taste
 
[C16: from Latin gustātiō, from gustāre to taste]
 
gustatory
 
adj
 
'gustative
 
adj

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Word Origin & History

gustatory
1680s, from L. gustatus, pp. of gustare "to taste" (see gusto).
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Medical Dictionary

gustatory gus·ta·to·ry (gŭs'tə-tôr'ē) or gus·ta·tive (-tə-tĭv)
adj.
Of or relating to the sense of taste.

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