Dictionary

gustatory en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡʌstəˌtɔɹi/ (US)
• /ˈɡʌstətəɹi/ (UK)
• gŭs′tə-tôr″ē
• /ˈɡʌstətɹi/ (UK)

Etymology

From Latin gustātus, participle of gustō (“to taste”), + -ory.

Meanings

1. Of, or relating to, the sense of taste.
   • WHERE TO DINE—Well, Mary Ward, our courageous gustatory investigatress, has finally completed her rounds of the eateries and, with her last despairing effort, dashed off this report on the road houses: […] 1941 June 1, Bill Henry, “By the Way”, in Los Angeles Times, volume LX, Los Angeles, Calif.: Times-Mirror Company, part II, page 1, column 1:
   • The point, Goldstein discovered through a lot of long days hanging out in parking lots, is that tailgating — the gustatory madness, the multigenerational camaraderie, the decked-out vans — is as essential a part of football as the game itself. 2013 September 29, Ken Belson, “The Tailgate Experience, British Style”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2021:

Forms

Deriveds

gustatorial · nongustatory · olfactogustatory · gustatorily · gustatory rhinitis · gustatory hair

Translations (16)

ca gustatiu (relating to taste) · pt gustativo (relating to taste) · de Geschmacks- (relating to taste) · sh о̀куснӣ (relating to taste) · it gustativo (relating to taste) · id gustatori (relating to taste) · fi maku- (relating to taste) · bg вкусов (relating to taste) · sh òkusnī (relating to taste) · es gustativo (relating to taste) · is bragðskyns- (relating to taste) · fi makuaisti- (relating to taste) · ca gustatori (relating to taste) · cmn 味覺的 /味觉的 (relating to taste) · fr gustatif (relating to taste) · de gustatorisch (relating to taste)