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nontaster
[ non-tey-ster ]
noun
- a person with hypogeusia, especially a person whose sensitivity to bitter or spicy tastes is lower than average: Compare supertaster.
I'm what Dr. Barnes calls a nontaster, as strong tastes don't turn me off; I love spicy, bitter cocktails and eat kale on a weekly basis.
Word History and Origins
Origin of nontaster1
Example Sentences
He wondered whether his friend was a nontaster and his wife a supertaster.
Barham gave them a simple taste test involving strips of flavored paper, and his suspicion proved correct: His sick friend was a nontaster, his wife a supertaster.
And in this case the die landed exactly as I would have preferred: My daughter is a nontaster, just like her father!
But since I’m a nontaster—someone with a remarkably unrefined palate—it didn’t seem better by such a huge margin to justify the expense or the frippery.
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