different between degustation vs gustless

English

Alternative forms

• dégustation

Etymology

Borrowed from French dégustation, from Latin degustatio, degustationem, from degusto.

Noun

degustation (countable and uncountable, plural degustations)

1. tasting, especially as a form of careful appreciation

Derived terms

• degustation menu

Related terms

• degustate

Translations

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???stl?s/

Etymology 1

From Latin gustus (“a tasting”), and suffix -less.

Adjective

gustless (comparative more gustless, superlative most gustless)

1. (obsolete) tasteless; insipid
   • 1683, Sir Thomas Browne, Observations Upon Several Plants Mentioned In Scripture

     […] they might after give the expressed and less useful part of the cods and remaining pulp unto their swine: which, being no gustless or unsatisfying offal, might be well desired by the prodigal in his hunger.

Related terms

• degustation
• disgust

Etymology 2

gust +? -less

Adjective

gustless (comparative more gustless, superlative most gustless)

1. Without gusts (of wind).