different between guestless vs gustless

guestless

English

Etymology

guest +? -less

Adjective

guestless (not comparable)

  1. Without a guest.
    • 1954, Charles A. Smythwick, False measure
      Nobody was dancing and no one was at the piano. The radio was on. The bartender was leaning across a guestless bar.

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gustless

English

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).

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