gustatoryadj.n.

/ˈɡʌstətəri/

Etymology: < Latin gustāt-, participial stem of gustāre to taste + -ory suffix² (compare gustātōrium antepast).

A. adj.

Pertaining to or concerned with tasting or the sense of taste. gustatory nerve (Anatomy): the lingual nerve upon which the sense of taste depends. gustatory papilla Anatomy, a lingual papilla.

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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [adjective]

gustative1620

saporal1651

gustatory1684

saporine1813

palatal1862

gustatorial1937

the world > life > the body > nervous system > nerve > specific nerves > [noun] > other nerves in head

olfactory nerve1671

gustatory nerve1684

ophthalmic1738

suborbitary1825

Vidian nerve1828

tympanichord1887

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician ix. 324 Some thing..gratefull to the palate, for there the Gustatory faculty is placed.

1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 57 The Edges or Points of the Acid penetrate the pores of the gustatory Nerve.

1741 A. Monro Anat. Nerves 54 in Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) Some have thought this Nerve..to be the proper gustatory Nerve.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) I. 388 The gustatory papillæ of the tongue and tactile papillæ of the fingers.

1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 311/1 The gustatory sense is very imperfectly enjoyed in birds.

1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) xi. 264 One branch containing sensory fibres, supplies the front of the tongue and is often spoken of as the gustatory.

1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals xiii. 344 When we actually taste sour fruit, an impression is sent through the gustatory nerves to a certain part of the sensorium.

1882 Standard 23 Aug. 5/1 Apart from its aesthetic and gustatory aspects, Cookery deserves..profound consideration.

†B. n.

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‘A place where men were wont to banquet’ (Blount Glossogr. 1670). Obsolete.

Derivatives

ˌgustaˈtorial adj.

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