gustatory means of, or relating to, the sense of taste. It carries an Arena rating of 1638, earned across 56 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, gustatory ranks #4,176 of 17,127 for Words That Escaped Their Books, #4,557 of 17,126 for Most Elegant Words, #6,875 of 17,126 for Most Satisfying to Say, #7,720 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words.
gustatory is pronounced /ˈɡʌstəˌtɔɹi/.
Why “gustatory” is a great word
GUSTATORY — [Adjective] Of or relating to the sense of taste. From Latin gustatus, past participle of gustare ("to taste"), + the English adjectival suffix -ory. Unlike "olfactory," which concerns the volatile, suggestive realm of smell, or "palatable," which offers a judgment of pleasant flavor, gustatory is the neutral, physiological fact of taste itself. It is the pure citric shock on the tongue, the chalky bitterness of a dissolving pill, and the briny shock of a first oyster—a raw, wordless data transmitted from a private, wet darkness to the waiting brain, a reminder that our deepest pleasures and aversions are, at root, mere sensation.
Etymology
From Latin gustātus, participle of gustō (“to taste”), + -ory.
adj
- Of, or relating to, the sense of taste.
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