gustable
English
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editgustable (comparative more gustable, superlative most gustable)
- Having a taste; capable of being tasted.
- 1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions:
- This position informs us of a vulgar error, terming the gall bitter; whereas there is nothing gustable sweeter.
- Pleasant to the taste; toothsome; savory.
- 1713, William Derham, Physico-Theology:
- A gustable thing, seen or smelt, excites the appetite, and affects the glands and parts of the mouth.
Noun
editgustable (plural gustables)
- Something edible.
- 1837, The Monthly Review, page 92:
- […] this long list of gustables, at the bare name of which his mouth would water […]