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gustatory

[guhs-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
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adjective
  1. of or relating to taste or tasting.
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Origin of gustatory

1675–85; < Latin gustā(re) to taste + -tory1
Related formsgus·ta·to·ri·ly, adverbun·gus·ta·to·ry, adjective
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Examples from the Web for gustatory

Historical Examples

  • He was the food, and the sight of him excited in her the gustatory sensations.

    White Fang

    Jack London

  • And so our royal relative is dead!And so he rests from gustatory labors!

  • Because the gustatory nerves are not distributed to that part of the tongue.

  • As for gustatory sensations, they are very rare and without interest.

  • Because they thereby bring the wine in contact with the under surface of the tongue, in which the gustatory nerves chiefly reside.

Word Origin and History for gustatory

adj.

1680s, from Latin gustatus "sense of taste; a taste," noun use of past participle of gustare "to taste" (see gusto) + -ory.

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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
gustatory in Medicine

gustatory

(gŭs′tə-tôr′ē)
adj.
  1. Of or relating to the sense of taste.
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