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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
masticatory en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˌmasˈtɪk.eɪ.tər.i/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /mæˈstɪk.əˌtɔr.i/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Latin mastico + -atory, the former borrowed from Ancient Greek μαστιχάω (mastikháō, “I gnash the teeth”), from μάσταξ (mástax, “that with which one chews”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of, or relating to mastication.
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(not-comparable) Used for chewing.
Deriveds
masticatory force · extramasticatory · paramasticatory · oculomasticatory
masticatory en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (UK) audio
- /ˌmasˈtɪk.eɪ.tər.i/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /mæˈstɪk.əˌtɔr.i/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Latin mastico + -atory, the former borrowed from Ancient Greek μαστιχάω (mastikháō, “I gnash the teeth”), from μάσταξ (mástax, “that with which one chews”).
Meanings
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Something chewed, originally as a medicine, now typically for pleasure or to increase the flow of saliva.
Sneezing, masticatories, and nasals are generally received.
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 5, member 1, subsection iv:
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