gustation

Borrowed from Latin gustatio, gustationis.

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

gustation (countable and uncountable, plural gustations)

1. The act of tasting.
   • 1841, Robley Dunglison, Human Physiology, page 109:

     The organ of gustation is not, therefore, restricted to the production of that sense, but participates in the sense of touch.

2. The ability to taste flavors; the sense of taste.

• gustatory

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gustation f (plural gustations)

1. gustation; tasting

• “gustation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.