Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to the sense of taste.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to gustation or tasting.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Pertaining to, or subservient to, the sense of taste.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of, or relating to, the sense of taste.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to gustation

Etymologies

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From Latin gustus ("taste").

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  • As in "Is it all right to boil a sentient creature alive just for our gustatory pleasure?" from "Consider the Lobster" essay in Gourmet (also in book form) by David Foster Wallace. Rest in peace.

    January 10, 2009

  • I love Sentient Creature Thermidor when market prices allow.

    January 10, 2009