gustativeadj.
/ˈɡʌstətɪv/, /ɡʌˈsteɪtɪv/, U.S. /ˈɡəstədɪv/ Having the function of tasting; also, concerned with tasting, gustatory.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [adjective]
gustative1620
saporal1651
gustatory1684
saporine1813
palatal1862
gustatorial1937
1620 T. Venner Via Recta vii. 108 That may be said to be hot or cold, &c. in the first degree, which is but slenderly perceiued of the gustatiue sense.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 182 A dulcid Sapor that imposes upon the Imagination and Gustative Faculty a Fancy that it relishes of any Fruit a man likes.
1865 J. S. Mill Exam. Hamilton's Philos. 484 In the case of the rhubarb, the object itself was of a nature to disturb the gustative faculty.
1876 J. Bernstein Five Senses 300 Neither the chemical nor gustative properties of these compounds are separated by sharply defined limits.
1880 J. Le Conte Sight 10 The..gustative nerve.
Derivatives
ˈgustativeness n. gustative quality, taste.
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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [noun]
smacka1000
savour?c1225
relesec1330
tastea1382
sentimentc1400
smatchc1400
taragec1407
tangc1440
weffec1440
tallage14..
sapor1477
verdurea1513
verdour1526
relish1530
verder1532
gustc1540
waft1542
smacker1549
talent1550
tack1602
tache1607
tincture1610
twang1611
foretaster1632
flavour1693
gusto1713
goût1751
saporosity1794
gustativeness1827
savouring1840
sipidity1880
palate1973
1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 21 787 The organ of gustativeness enormously developed.
1875 D. Masson Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, & Other Ess. 176 He goes on to describe the nectarine in language that would reawaken gustativeness in the oldest fruiterer.
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adj.1620