of or having to do with tasting or the sense of taste
: also ˈgustative (ˈgʌstətɪv), ˌgustaˈtorial (ˈgʌstəˈtɔriəl)
Word origin
< L gustatus, pp. (see gustation) + -ory
gustatory in American English
(ˈɡʌstəˌtɔri, -ˌtouri)
adjective
of or pertaining to taste or tasting
Derived forms
gustatorily
adverb
Word origin
[1675–85; ‹ L gustā(re) to taste + -tory1]This word is first recorded in the period 1675–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: hustle, muscular, prairie, surf, upstream-tory is a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, orig. adjectival derivatives of agentnouns ending in -tor (predatory); also forming adjectival derivatives directly from verbs (obligatory; transitory)
Examples of 'gustatory' in a sentence
gustatory
It assumes you have no gustatory self-control and expect to pile on the kilos.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It is petulantly impervious to innovation or the very idea of gustatory progress.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
More and more of our pleasure, whether it be visual or musical or gustatory, is solitary.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It's all about pampering these days: dishes, and treatments, to satisfy your every gustatory wish.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Despite this, it enjoys high gustatory fashion alongside those hearty nose-to-tail bits currently exercising gravitational pull on committed foodies.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The gustatory sneezing response is much rarer and doctors have no all-embracing explanation for it.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Despite being a meal for which teeth were not strictly necessary, it was a visualand gustatory triumph.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I can't help thinking that, as regards the chef's infamously suggestive gustatory approach, viewers down under are missing the point.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
You walk out of the restaurant with not just the fading gustatory memory but with a razorsharp visual one.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There is a suggestion that there may be an allergic component to the gustatory sneezing response.