gustatory

From Latin gustātus, participle of gustō (“to taste”), +‎ -ory.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌstəˌtɔɹi/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌstətəɹi/, /ˈɡʌstətɹi/

gustatory (comparative more gustatory, superlative most gustatory)

1. Of, or relating to, the sense of taste.
   • 1941 June 1, Bill Henry, “By the Way”, in Los Angeles Times, volume LX, Los Angeles, Calif.: Times-Mirror Company, part II, page 1, column 1:

     WHERE TO DINE—Well, Mary Ward, our courageous gustatory investigatress, has finally completed her rounds of the eateries and, with her last despairing effort, dashed off this report on the road houses: […]