gustatory

[ guhs-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective

1. of or relating to taste or tasting.

Other Words From

• gusta·tori·ly adverb
• un·gusta·tory adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of gustatory¹

1675–85; < Latin gustā ( re ) to taste + -tory ¹

Example Sentences

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

Setting aside the specter of a mauling, social media users were impressed with “Oreo,” taking to X to unfurl a string of dad jokes about the animal’s gustatory predilections.

From Los Angeles Times

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