gustatory
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- gustatorily adverb
- ungustatory adjective
Etymology
Origin of gustatory
1675–85; < Latin gustā ( re ) to taste + -tory 1
Example Sentences
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It’s a return to innocence — a gustatory reminder of those carefree childhood moments when I indulged in the sourest of sour treats to my heart’s content.
From Salon • Sep. 13, 2025
And yet, perhaps because of the strange diction, the phrase is more than just a gustatory command.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2024
The researchers have developed a simplified biomimetic version of this process, including an electronic "tongue" and an electronic "gustatory cortex" made with 2D materials, which are materials one to a few atoms thick.
From Science Daily • Oct. 4, 2023
Forget about including them in pies, crisps or crumbles, you can't even add the dang apple into salads because they are both an aesthetic and gustatory nightmare.
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2023
While the old man in the underground prison had eaten well in North Korea, Park’s gustatory adventures were global.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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