Crossword clues for gustation
gustation
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gustation \Gus*ta"tion\, n. [L. gustatio: cf. F. gustation.]
The act of tasting. [R.]
--Sir T. Browne.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"act of tasting," 1590s, from Latin gustationem (nominative gustatio), noun of action from past participle stem of gustare "to taste" (see gusto).
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of taste. 2 The ability to taste flavors; the sense of taste.
WordNet
n. the faculty of taste; "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste" [syn: taste, sense of taste, gustatory modality]
Usage examples of "gustation".
It was a mere intellectual dispute with his gustation that what he tasted seemed not quite a truffle.
When it comes to gustation, their sensory apparati can detect chemical variation on the order of one part per ten million.
It was as if, by some act of retrospective gustation possible to the initiate, he was recalling the tang of that bottle to his palate.
And if any have been so happy as truly to understand Christian annihilation, extasis, exolution, liquefaction, transformation, the kisse of the Spouse, gustation of God, and ingression into the divine shadow, they have already had an handsome anticipation of heaven.