gustative

[guhs-tuh-tiv]

adjective

1. gustatory.

Other Word Forms

• gustativeness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of gustative¹

1610–20; < Medieval Latin gustātīvus, equivalent to Latin gustāt ( us ) ( gustation ) + -īvus -ive

Example Sentences

They sell several varieties of their own olive oil, including the frantoiano, which can transform a simple piece of bread into a gustative epiphany of earth and arbor and sky.

From New York Times

The tannic relish of a fresh piece, oozing with sap; the uninteresting flavour of an over-dry piece, robbed of its natural condiment: these probably represent the whole gustative scale.

From Project Gutenberg

The tannic relish of a fresh piece, oozing with sap, the uninteresting flavour of an over-dry piece, robbed of its natural condiment: these probably represent the whole gustative scale.

From Project Gutenberg

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