Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A taste persisting in the mouth after the substance that caused it is no longer present.
- noun A feeling that remains after an event or experience, especially one that was unpleasant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A gustatory sensation which persists after the stimulus that originally excited it has ceased to act.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A taste which remains in the mouth after eating or drinking.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A taste of something that persists when it is no longer present.
- noun The
persistence of thetaste of something no longerpresent . - noun Of wine,
finish .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an afterimage of a taste
Etymologies
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Examples
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That metallic aftertaste is just not pleasant to eat.
Why I Garden Olga Bonfiglio 2010
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That metallic aftertaste is just not pleasant to eat.
Archive 2010-07-01 Olga Bonfiglio 2010
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- Too much milk/too little milk (you want a nice balance between the milk and the tea) - Chemical aftertaste from the powdered flavoring they use … bleah
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I get an aftertaste from the sweeteners Bernstein does allow, so I greatly prefer Splenda as a substitute.
Splenda for Some Diabetics, Despite the Lactose Steve Carper 2008
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The nasty aftertaste is the feeling that an entire decade of my life was wasted.
March Rejectomancy Update joshenglish 2007
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I detected a small aftertaste from the pudding but that's just me being picky.
Archive 2006-05-01 2006
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I detected a small aftertaste from the pudding but that's just me being picky.
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Alcohol bitterness greets you up front and a relatively thin aftertaste lingers on the palate, but the action in between is more than worth the trip.
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The strawberry was warm and sweet and fragrant, with a slightly bitter aftertaste from the soil.
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Angel food cakes will be more moist and natural tasting when made with real egg whites (even though they’re actually not made when made with meringue powder), and if you choose to use the meringue powder in a mousse, it may have a starchy aftertaste from the cornstarch in the meringue powder.
Prolagus commented on the word aftertaste
Is the chemical aftertaste the reason why people eat hot dogs, or is it some kind of bonus?
(Neil Gaiman)
March 13, 2008