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gustatory, a. (n.)|ˈgʌstətərɪ| [f. L. gustāt-, ppl. stem of gustāre to taste + -ory (cf. gustātōrium antepast).] A. adj. Pertaining to or concerned with tasting or the sense of taste. gustatory nerve (Anat.): the lingual nerve upon which the sense of taste depends.
1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. ix. 324 Some thing..gratefull to the palate, for there the Gustatory faculty is placed. 1712tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 57 The Edges or Points of the Acid penetrate the pores of the gustatory Nerve. 1741Monro Anat. Nerves (ed. 3) 54 Some have thought this Nerve..to be the proper gustatory Nerve. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) I. 388 The..gustatory papillæ of the tongue. 1835–6Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 311/1 The gustatory sense is very imperfectly enjoyed in birds. 1872Huxley Phys. xi. 264 One branch containing sensory fibres, supplies the front of the tongue and is often spoken of as the gustatory. 1872Darwin Emotions xiii. 344 When we actually taste sour fruit, an impression is sent through the gustatory nerves to a certain part of the sensorium. 1882Standard 23 Aug. 5/1 Apart from its aesthetic and gustatory aspects, Cookery deserves..profound consideration. †B. n. ‘A place where men were wont to banquet’ (Blount Glossogr. 1670). Obs. Hence ˌgustaˈtorial a.
1937F. M. Ford Let. 27 Sept. (1965) 284 For unless he will come to the rescue of our Western civilisations, in things gustatorial, what will become of us? |