gustation
pronunciation
How to pronounce gustation in British English:
UK [gʌs'teɪʃən]
How to pronounce gustation in American English:
US [ɡʌˈsteʃən]
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- Noun:
- the faculty of taste
Word Origin
- gustation (n.)
- "act of tasting," 1590s, from Latin gustationem (nominative gustatio), noun of action from past participle stem of gustare "to taste, partake of, enjoy" (see gusto).
Example
- 1. I have a sensitive gustation .
- 2. Gustation is the finest expression of avant-garde cooking .
- 3. Study of chemical sensors based on the composites of gel polymers and carbon nanotubes and its application on artificial gustation .
- 4. Private jokes , the ritualizing of talk and gustation , a hint of self-satisfaction , even a tiny tinge of inbred malice : these are not entirely unknown in oxford and cambridge .