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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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 • Aug. 29, 2024
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 • May 26, 2024
"We want to fabricate both the tongue part and the gustatory circuit in one chip to simplify it further," Ghosh said.
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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