† pregustationn.

Forms: 1600s praegustation, 1600s–1800s pregustation.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praegustation-, praegustatio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin praegustation-, praegustatio foretaste, tasting beforehand (11th cent.; from 12th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin praegustāt- , past participial stem of praegustāre pregust v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Middle French pregustation (a1500).

Obsolete.

The action of tasting before; an instance of this; (figurative) a foretaste, an anticipation. Also: a dish that is eaten before another; an appetizer.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [noun] > preview, foretaste

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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Pregustation.., a tasting or assaying before.

1657 E. Calamy Evid. for Heaven sig. A2 It is a Heaven upon earth, a Heaven before we come to Heaven. The Prelibation and Pregustation of Heaven.

a1658 A. Farindon 50 Serm. (1674) III. xxxiii. 398 The Child, when he is hungry, desires milk, because he hath a kind of prægustation of milk in his very nature.

1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 93 Over early pregustation of Woe.

1678 A. Walker Ἕυρηκα 117 In the actual exercise of prayer, by which she so often anticipated Heaven by pregustation.

1780 T. Sheridan Gen. Dict. Eng. Lang. II Pregustation, the act of tasting before another.

1824 C. Lamb Let. 2 Nov. (1935) II. 442 The Petty-feet made a pretty surprising pre-gustation for supper on Saturday.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	pregustation
释义	† pregustationn. Forms: 1600s praegustation, 1600s–1800s pregustation. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praegustation-, praegustatio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin praegustation-, praegustatio foretaste, tasting beforehand (11th cent.; from 12th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin praegustāt- , past participial stem of praegustāre pregust v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Middle French pregustation (a1500). Obsolete. The action of tasting before; an instance of this; (figurative) a foretaste, an anticipation. Also: a dish that is eaten before another; an appetizer. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [noun] > preview, foretaste arlesc1220 earnestc1225 forelook1357 foresight1422 foretaste1435 earnest pennya1438 before-tasting1526 prelibation1526 tasting1526 promise?1533 say1549 to-looka1572 handsel1573 assay1597 antepast1604 prefruitiona1631 cue1647 pregustation1656 pregustator1670 scene1691 tint1768 outlook1823 fore-view1831 preview1882 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Pregustation.., a tasting or assaying before. 1657 E. Calamy Evid. for Heaven sig. A2 It is a Heaven upon earth, a Heaven before we come to Heaven. The Prelibation and Pregustation of Heaven. a1658 A. Farindon 50 Serm. (1674) III. xxxiii. 398 The Child, when he is hungry, desires milk, because he hath a kind of prægustation of milk in his very nature. 1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 93 Over early pregustation of Woe. 1678 A. Walker Ἕυρηκα 117 In the actual exercise of prayer, by which she so often anticipated Heaven by pregustation. 1780 T. Sheridan Gen. Dict. Eng. Lang. II Pregustation, the act of tasting before another. 1824 C. Lamb Let. 2 Nov. (1935) II. 442 The Petty-feet made a pretty surprising pre-gustation for supper on Saturday. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1656
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