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smaste en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /smeɪst/

Etymology

Blend of smell + taste.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The combined sensation of smell and taste.
   • ‘That smaste,’ said Blart. ‘What?’ said Capablanca, who had never heard of a smaste and thought it might be a new kind of demon. Wizards were always having difficulty keeping up with new varieties of demon. ‘That smaste,’ said Capablanca, eventually guessing Blart's meaning, ‘is the Eastern Ocean.’ Blart looked confused. ‘Ocean’, like ‘kidnapped’, was one of those words that was absent from his vocabulary. ‘That smaste, as you call it, is the sea,’ explained Capablanca. 2013 January 3, Dominic Barker, chapter 10, in Blart: The Boy Who Didn't Want to Save the World, volume 1, A&C Black, →ISBN, pages 62–63:
   • Smaste. Schmaste. Everyone who has been to Texas or Wal-Mart knows that the ability to smell and the ability to taste are inextricably linked. Similarly, most alive people know that olfactory processes form the strongest link to memory. 2008 September 9, Douglas Sarine, Kent Nichols, Ask a Ninja Presents The Ninja Handbook: This Book Looks Forward to Killing You Soon, Crown, →ISBN, page 104:

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