tastable
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English tastable, taastable, equivalent to taste + -able. Compare Old French tastable.
Adjective
edittastable (comparative more tastable, superlative most tastable)
References
edit- Günter Radden, René Dirven (2007) Cognitive English grammar, page 284: “Conversion predicates of perception tend to be coded as adjectives: visible, audible, palpable and tangible, but English lacks adjectives such as *smellable and *tastable for something that can be smelled or tasted.”