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
Would it degrade your own gustatory experience if you knew those cooking for you weren't your friends and family but instead were robots?
From Salon
The "iconic, one-dish, standalone comfort meal" is one that both fulfills and satiates, emotionally and gustatorily, in a way that not many other foods do on the larger cultural scale.
From Salon
For people cosplaying as a vacationer on the Amalfi Coast, there may be no better gustatory way to approximate the sensation.
From Salon
And yet, perhaps because of the strange diction, the phrase is more than just a gustatory command.
From Los Angeles Times
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