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gustatory

adjective/ˈɡʌstətəri/

C2CEFR level
75/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

Relating to the sense of taste or the act of tasting.

The tasting menu was a gustatory adventure that moved from smoke to citrus to caramel.

Similar: gustative, taste-related

Origin: From Latin 'gustare', to taste.

Topic: taste in General English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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