pregustatorn.

Brit.

/ˌpriːɡʌˈsteɪtə/, U.S.

/ˌpriɡəˈsteɪdər/

Forms: 1600s 1800s– praegustator, 1800s– pregustator.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin praegustātor.

Etymology: < classical Latin praegustātor < praegustāt- , past participial stem of praegustāre pregust v. + -or -or suffix. Compare French prégustateur (1869 in Littré). With sense 2 compare pregustic n. and the French parallel cited at that entry.

rare (chiefly historical).

†1. A foretaste. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

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

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1670 S. Gott Divine Hist. Genesis World ix. 248 Odor is a Proper Sensible in itself, so it is also Previous to Sapor, and Smelling, as it were, a Pregustator of the Sens of Tast.

2. Esp. in ancient Rome: a person whose function is to taste food and drink before it is served.In quot. 1848 in figurative context.

ΚΠ

1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. xxiii When her Prægustators [Fr. Pregustes] had tasted the meat, her Masticators..chew'd it.

1811 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) III. 317 The Praegustatores among the luxurious Romans soon lost their Taste.

1833 Times 28 May 5/1 At the banquet Britannicus called for water, which the pregustator tasted; it was not sufficiently cool.

1848 T. De Quincey Wks. A. Pope in N. Brit. Rev. Aug. 300 The prægustatores should have tasted of every cup, and reported its quality, before the public call for it.

1930 J. Stoner tr. J. Cardan Bk. My Life xxx. 113 My tormentors, knowing that these boys were my cup-bearers and pregustators, had made arrangements with my maid-servant to give me poison.

1982 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 72 123 A large household assumes not only slaves, but specifically a capsarius..to accompany a boy to school, and a paedagogus..who apparently also acts as praegustator..and a eunuch.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pregustator
释义	pregustatorn. Brit. /ˌpriːɡʌˈsteɪtə/, U.S. /ˌpriɡəˈsteɪdər/ Forms: 1600s 1800s– praegustator, 1800s– pregustator. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin praegustātor. Etymology: < classical Latin praegustātor < praegustāt- , past participial stem of praegustāre pregust v. + -or -or suffix. Compare French prégustateur (1869 in Littré). With sense 2 compare pregustic n. and the French parallel cited at that entry. rare (chiefly historical). †1. A foretaste. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. 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 1670 S. Gott Divine Hist. Genesis World ix. 248 Odor is a Proper Sensible in itself, so it is also Previous to Sapor, and Smelling, as it were, a Pregustator of the Sens of Tast. 2. Esp. in ancient Rome: a person whose function is to taste food and drink before it is served.In quot. 1848 in figurative context. ΚΠ 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. xxiii When her Prægustators [Fr. Pregustes] had tasted the meat, her Masticators..chew'd it. 1811 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) III. 317 The Praegustatores among the luxurious Romans soon lost their Taste. 1833 Times 28 May 5/1 At the banquet Britannicus called for water, which the pregustator tasted; it was not sufficiently cool. 1848 T. De Quincey Wks. A. Pope in N. Brit. Rev. Aug. 300 The prægustatores should have tasted of every cup, and reported its quality, before the public call for it. 1930 J. Stoner tr. J. Cardan Bk. My Life xxx. 113 My tormentors, knowing that these boys were my cup-bearers and pregustators, had made arrangements with my maid-servant to give me poison. 1982 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 72 123 A large household assumes not only slaves, but specifically a capsarius..to accompany a boy to school, and a paedagogus..who apparently also acts as praegustator..and a eunuch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1670
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