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▪ I. gustful, a.1 Obs. exc. arch.|ˈgʌstfʊl|
[f. gust n.2 + -ful.]
1. Full of ‘gust’ or flavour; pleasant to the taste, tasty.
c1645Howell Lett. (1650) II. lv. 73 A famous composition..call'd Chiffi..which they throw into water to make it gustful. 1671Phil. Trans. VI. 2146 A dull and insipid Apple is made more gustful by being grafted on the stock of the harshest Crab. 1709Watts Horæ Lyr. Pref., A distempered appetite will chew coals and sand and pronounce it gustful. 1828Blackw. Mag. XXIII. 595 All the eatables were highly gustful.
b. Characterized by relish or zest.
1789D. Davidson Seasons 141 The flocks..roun the hay⁓stack Crowding, pluck the stalks O' withered bent, wi' gustfu' hungry bite.
2. fig. Pleasant to the mind or feelings.
c1645Howell Lett. (1650) II. 4 The base suds which vice useth to leave behind it, makes vertue afterward far more gustfull. 1661Hartlib in J. Worthington's Diary (Chetham Soc.) I. 304, I should send him the book itself so exceeding gustful it is to my palate. 1699Cibber Xerxes i, Eternal Springs of Love, and gustful Joy Shall feed my ravish'd Sense. 1778Arminian Mag. I. 91 Gustful and ready flow'd his song.
Hence ˈgustfully adv., ˈgustfulness.
1659Hammond On Ps. xix. 10 Most eagerly pursued and gustfully injoyed by us. 1665Boyle Occas. Refl. vi. iii, Whilst I saw such persons so gustfully swallow these extoll'd Fishes. a1677Barrow Serm. (1686) III. xix. 217 His divertisements and recreations have a lively gustfulness. 1891Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker (1892) 76 Gustfully ordering and greedily consuming imaginary meals.
▪ II. gustful, a.2 rare.|ˈgʌstfʊl|
[f. gust n.1 + -ful.]
Gusty.
1825Blackw. Mag. XVII. 488 By some chance leaf Upturn'd, or gustful wind at evening's hour. |