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untaste en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ʌnˈteɪst/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Old English on- Middle English on- English un- English taste English untaste From un- + taste.

Meanings

  1. To deprive of taste.
    • […]Vntaſte them of this violent diſguſt; 1609, Samuel Daniel, “The Eightth Booke”, in The Civile Wares betweene the Howses of Lancaster and Yorke […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes for] Simon Watersonne, →OCLC, stanza 83, page 224:
  2. (transitive) To lose, cancel out, or forget the taste of; reverse the tasting of
    • “Ugh! Ugh and double-ugh!” Elsa was trying to wipe dough off her face and away from her mouth. “I am never going to untaste that. Never! 2015, Zanzibar 7 Schwarznegger, Veneri Verbum - Page 73:
    • Could we untaste Eden's tainted fruit? 2015, Jen Rose Yokel, Ruins & Kingdoms - Page 45:
    • He spat in the dirt, trying to untaste the idea. 2015, Holly Black, Doll Bones - Page 40:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
untasting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
untastes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
untasted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
untasted Tense=Past lexicographic

untaste en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ʌnˈteɪst/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English taste English untaste From un- (“absence of”) + taste.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Absence or lack of taste (all senses); tastelessness
    • Those years comprise (among other drolleries) a complete reversal of public untaste; "nonobjective art", once anathematized, being now de rigeur. 1964, Charles Norman, E. E. Cummings: the magic-maker - Page 267:
    • Moreover, from untaste to unknowing, from unknowing to non-possession, from non-possession to non-being, there is an obvious progress, but in negativity. 1988, George Henry Tavard, Poetry and contemplation in St. John of the Cross - Page 66:
    • [...] only that mind could appreciate the true meaning of hell, a place of virtual nonexistence, of absolute cold, of emptiness beyond all sensations, an abstract vacuum of untouch, untaste, unhope, unlove. An urplace that negated every word, [...] 2001, Thomas Fleming, Hours of Gladness: