tastingn.

Brit.

/ˈteɪstɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈteɪstɪŋ/

Etymology: -ing suffix¹.

1. The action of taste v.

a. In a general sense, trying, testing; †esp., in early use, touching, feeling; also the sense of touch (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > [noun]

gropingc1000

toucha1398

feela1400

tastea1400

tastinga1400

touching?c1400

tact1651

the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun]

fandingc1000

costningOE

assay1330

say?c1335

assayingc1375

experimenta1382

proofc1390

experience1393

tastinga1400

probationc1422

probe?a1425

approof1436

fraistingc1440

examination?1510

saying1512

approving1523

trial1526

test1594

approbationa1616

trya1616

proval1622

tempting1623

probatea1643

experimental1659

testinga1834

a1400 K. Alis. (Bodl.) 4031 It is ywrite þat euery þing Hym self sheweþ in þe tastyng.

c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) i. cxxi. 63 Alle tastinges generalliche is vnderstonde bi the hondes.

c1480 (a1400) St. Thomas Apostle 407 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 140 Wittis four,..sycht, herynge, gustyne, tastyne.

1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 164 Tasting of Plank or Timber, chipping of it with an Addice to try the Defects.

1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 155 Tasting of plank or timber, chipping it with an adze, or boring it with a small augur, for the purpose of ascertaining its quality.

b. Now, the action of taste v. II.; †also formerly, the faculty or sense, and the quality of a substance so apprehended: = taste n.¹ 4, 5 (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [noun] > act of tasting

taste1340

tasting1390

touchinga1400

savouringc1405

gusting?1533

gustation1599

smacking1648

degustation1651

elibation1656

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 33 I take of love my fiedinge Withoute tastinge or fielinge.

c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 7 Þi heryng, þi seyng, as I þe schewe, Þi syȝt, þi smellyng, here be iij; þi touchyng, þi tastyng, here V þer be.

c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 1199 Credence is vsed, and tastynge, for drede of poysenynge.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 279/2 Tastyng with the mouthe, govster.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 183 The sense most nearly allied to smelling is that of tasting.

1841–4 R. W. Emerson Exper. in Wks. (1906) I. 178 Intellectual tasting of life will not supersede muscular activity.

1898 ‘I. Maclaren’ in Woman at Home Oct. 56/1 If Thomas takes to tasting [i.e. tippling, drinking]..it's all over with him.

a. quasi-concrete. A small portion taken to try the taste; a taste (esp. of spirituous liquor). Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [noun] > a taste

smatchc1456

tasting1526

taste1530

sip1728

pree1823

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [noun] > preview, foretaste

arlesc1220

earnestc1225

forelook1357

foresight1422

foretaste1435

earnest pennya1438

before-tasting1526

prelibation1526

tasting1526

promise?1533

say1549

to-looka1572

handsel1573

assay1597

antepast1604

prefruitiona1631

cue1647

pregustation1656

pregustator1670

scene1691

tint1768

outlook1823

fore-view1831

preview1882

the world > food and drink > food > amounts of food > [noun] > small quantity

breadeOE

crumbc975

snedec1000

snodec1150

morselc1300

swallow1340

modicumc1400

mouthful?c1450

tasting1526

taste1530

buckone1625

morceau1778

rive1793

nibble?1828

munchet1845

moufful1896

niblet1896

snade1901

nugget1951

nibbly1978

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > of something as admits of being tasted

tasting1526

taste1530

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Oiii^v For they be but tastinges shadowes or tokens of the glorious frutes to come.

1830 A. Cunningham Lives Brit. Painters (ed. 2) II. 69 He gave them a tasting of his spirit in two or three sarcastic sentences.

1893 J. Skinner Autobiogr. Metaphysician vii. 48 He got a glass from Mr. Reed and another tasting from another neighbour.

b. A gathering for the purpose of tasting and comparing various kinds of drink, usually wine. See also wine-tasting n. at wine n.¹ Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [noun] > testing

wine-tasting1936

tasting1959

1959 I. Ross Image Merchants viii. 128 ‘Cognac and coffee’ tastings which Kaduson persuaded leading hotels..to hold.

1963 Harper's Bazaar Feb. 22/3 The Lebègue tastings usher in the autumn wine season.

1977 T. Heald Just Desserts i. 23 It's their annual tasting..for one or two of the better known wine and food writers.

1978 Times 4 Mar. 10/7 The Malmaison Wine Club..holds sit-down tastings, which are often attended by wine trade trainees.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

tasting party n.

ΚΠ

1978 Times 4 Mar. 10/3 The ‘tasting parties’ offered by many [wine] firms..are social rather than studious occasions.

tasting power n.

ΚΠ

1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 44 Therefore the Soule doth vse the tasting power.

tasting room n.

ΚΠ

a1966 ‘M. na Gopaleen’ Best of Myles (1968) 122 Gallantry and distinguished conduct in the [ice-cream] tasting room.

1970 Country Life 1 Oct. 837/3 It is distinctly cool..in the subterranean tasting room where red and white..wines are sampled.

C2.

tasting-bone n. a bone put into the broth to give it a taste or flavour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > part or joint of animal > [noun] > bones

boneeOE

marrowbonec1387

ice-bone1576

natch-bone1614

pin bone1640

sucking-bone1648

tasting-bone1850

ham-bone1855

1850 J. W. Carlyle Let. to T. Carlyle 8 Sept. It [Kingsley's Alton Locke] seems to me..a mere..broth of Morning-chronicle-ism, in which you play the part of the tasting-bone of Poverty Row.

tasting-knife n. a cheese-taster (see taster n.¹ 3b).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [noun] > formation of cheese > tool for sampling cheese

cheese-taster1686

tasting-knife1757

taster1784

pale1816

spyler1844

1757 H. Walpole tr. Hentzner Trav. 52 At last came an unmarried Lady..and along with her a married one, bearing a tasting-knife.

tasting-order n. an order to visit stores of wine, etc., and to taste or sample them.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [noun] > testing > an order to taste

tasting-order1859

1859 G. A. Sala Gaslight & Daylight xiv Quite gone in liquor and overcome with the tasting-orders of years.

Draft additions March 2006

tasting menu n. chiefly North American a type of meal offered in some restaurants, consisting of small sample portions of many different dishes, typically served in several courses for a set price.

ΚΠ

1979 Chicago Tribune 5 Feb. vi. 1/5 For first-time diners at L'Archestrate, Senderend recommends a ‘tasting menu’, a broad range of small dishes offering the best the restaurant has.

1992 Gourmet Feb. 155/3 A deluxe soba kaiseki (a soba tasting menu) is available for $40.

2001 Toronto Star 7 Apr. j3/1 Unlike other restaurants with tasting menus, SmallTalk offers no alternative à la carte menu at dinner.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tasting
释义	tastingn. Brit. /ˈteɪstɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈteɪstɪŋ/ Etymology: -ing suffix¹. 1. The action of taste v. a. In a general sense, trying, testing; †esp., in early use, touching, feeling; also the sense of touch (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > [noun] gropingc1000 toucha1398 feela1400 tastea1400 tastinga1400 touching?c1400 tact1651 the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun] fandingc1000 costningOE assay1330 say?c1335 assayingc1375 experimenta1382 proofc1390 experience1393 tastinga1400 probationc1422 probe?a1425 approof1436 fraistingc1440 examination?1510 saying1512 approving1523 trial1526 test1594 approbationa1616 trya1616 proval1622 tempting1623 probatea1643 experimental1659 testinga1834 a1400 K. Alis. (Bodl.) 4031 It is ywrite þat euery þing Hym self sheweþ in þe tastyng. c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) i. cxxi. 63 Alle tastinges generalliche is vnderstonde bi the hondes. c1480 (a1400) St. Thomas Apostle 407 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 140 Wittis four,..sycht, herynge, gustyne, tastyne. 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 164 Tasting of Plank or Timber, chipping of it with an Addice to try the Defects. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 155 Tasting of plank or timber, chipping it with an adze, or boring it with a small augur, for the purpose of ascertaining its quality. b. Now, the action of taste v. II.; †also formerly, the faculty or sense, and the quality of a substance so apprehended: = taste n.¹ 4, 5 (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [noun] > act of tasting taste1340 tasting1390 touchinga1400 savouringc1405 gusting?1533 gustation1599 smacking1648 degustation1651 elibation1656 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 33 I take of love my fiedinge Withoute tastinge or fielinge. c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 7 Þi heryng, þi seyng, as I þe schewe, Þi syȝt, þi smellyng, here be iij; þi touchyng, þi tastyng, here V þer be. c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 1199 Credence is vsed, and tastynge, for drede of poysenynge. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 279/2 Tastyng with the mouthe, govster. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 183 The sense most nearly allied to smelling is that of tasting. 1841–4 R. W. Emerson Exper. in Wks. (1906) I. 178 Intellectual tasting of life will not supersede muscular activity. 1898 ‘I. Maclaren’ in Woman at Home Oct. 56/1 If Thomas takes to tasting [i.e. tippling, drinking]..it's all over with him. 2. a. quasi-concrete. A small portion taken to try the taste; a taste (esp. of spirituous liquor). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [noun] > a taste smatchc1456 tasting1526 taste1530 sip1728 pree1823 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [noun] > preview, foretaste arlesc1220 earnestc1225 forelook1357 foresight1422 foretaste1435 earnest pennya1438 before-tasting1526 prelibation1526 tasting1526 promise?1533 say1549 to-looka1572 handsel1573 assay1597 antepast1604 prefruitiona1631 cue1647 pregustation1656 pregustator1670 scene1691 tint1768 outlook1823 fore-view1831 preview1882 the world > food and drink > food > amounts of food > [noun] > small quantity breadeOE crumbc975 snedec1000 snodec1150 morselc1300 swallow1340 modicumc1400 mouthful?c1450 tasting1526 taste1530 buckone1625 morceau1778 rive1793 nibble?1828 munchet1845 moufful1896 niblet1896 snade1901 nugget1951 nibbly1978 the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > of something as admits of being tasted tasting1526 taste1530 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Oiii^v For they be but tastinges shadowes or tokens of the glorious frutes to come. 1830 A. Cunningham Lives Brit. Painters (ed. 2) II. 69 He gave them a tasting of his spirit in two or three sarcastic sentences. 1893 J. Skinner Autobiogr. Metaphysician vii. 48 He got a glass from Mr. Reed and another tasting from another neighbour. b. A gathering for the purpose of tasting and comparing various kinds of drink, usually wine. See also wine-tasting n. at wine n.¹ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [noun] > testing wine-tasting1936 tasting1959 1959 I. Ross Image Merchants viii. 128 ‘Cognac and coffee’ tastings which Kaduson persuaded leading hotels..to hold. 1963 Harper's Bazaar Feb. 22/3 The Lebègue tastings usher in the autumn wine season. 1977 T. Heald Just Desserts i. 23 It's their annual tasting..for one or two of the better known wine and food writers. 1978 Times 4 Mar. 10/7 The Malmaison Wine Club..holds sit-down tastings, which are often attended by wine trade trainees. Compounds C1. General attributive. tasting party n. ΚΠ 1978 Times 4 Mar. 10/3 The ‘tasting parties’ offered by many [wine] firms..are social rather than studious occasions. tasting power n. ΚΠ 1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 44 Therefore the Soule doth vse the tasting power. tasting room n. ΚΠ a1966 ‘M. na Gopaleen’ Best of Myles (1968) 122 Gallantry and distinguished conduct in the [ice-cream] tasting room. 1970 Country Life 1 Oct. 837/3 It is distinctly cool..in the subterranean tasting room where red and white..wines are sampled. C2. tasting-bone n. a bone put into the broth to give it a taste or flavour. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > part or joint of animal > [noun] > bones boneeOE marrowbonec1387 ice-bone1576 natch-bone1614 pin bone1640 sucking-bone1648 tasting-bone1850 ham-bone1855 1850 J. W. Carlyle Let. to T. Carlyle 8 Sept. It [Kingsley's Alton Locke] seems to me..a mere..broth of Morning-chronicle-ism, in which you play the part of the tasting-bone of Poverty Row. tasting-knife n. a cheese-taster (see taster n.¹ 3b). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [noun] > formation of cheese > tool for sampling cheese cheese-taster1686 tasting-knife1757 taster1784 pale1816 spyler1844 1757 H. Walpole tr. Hentzner Trav. 52 At last came an unmarried Lady..and along with her a married one, bearing a tasting-knife. tasting-order n. an order to visit stores of wine, etc., and to taste or sample them. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [noun] > testing > an order to taste tasting-order1859 1859 G. A. Sala Gaslight & Daylight xiv Quite gone in liquor and overcome with the tasting-orders of years. Draft additions March 2006 tasting menu n. chiefly North American a type of meal offered in some restaurants, consisting of small sample portions of many different dishes, typically served in several courses for a set price. ΚΠ 1979 Chicago Tribune 5 Feb. vi. 1/5 For first-time diners at L'Archestrate, Senderend recommends a ‘tasting menu’, a broad range of small dishes offering the best the restaurant has. 1992 Gourmet Feb. 155/3 A deluxe soba kaiseki (a soba tasting menu) is available for $40. 2001 Toronto Star 7 Apr. j3/1 Unlike other restaurants with tasting menus, SmallTalk offers no alternative à la carte menu at dinner. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tastingadj. Etymology: -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtasting. That tastes. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [adjective] > having taste savoureda1398 gusted1535 verdured1541 smoky1542 relished1567 sapient1599 tasted1604 sapid1634 gustable1657 saporousa1670 palated1671 tremulous1675 saltly1736 garlicky1775 slaty1824 trufflesque1841 pepperminty1854 flavoured1867 tasting1907 tomatoey1909 1598 [implied in: J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Saporitamente, sauourly, smackingly, tastingly, hungerly. (at tastingly adv.)]. 1907 Contemp. Rev. Oct. (Lit. Suppl.) 2 The tasting sense is soon ruined. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1390adj.1598
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tastingn.

Compounds

Draft additions March 2006

tastingadj.