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taster
English
Etymology
taste +? -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /te?st?/
- Rhymes: -e?st?(?)
Noun
taster (plural tasters)
- An object in which, or by which, food or drink is tasted, for example a dram cup
- Someone who tastes something, especially food, wine etc., for quality.
- Thy tutor be thy taster, ere thou eat
- (zoology) A kind of zooid situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophorae, resembling the feeding zooids, but destitute of mouths.
- A sample of something bigger or grander intended for future use
- The exhibition was a taster of products set to hit the market.
- A person who is, by genetic makeup, able to taste phenylthiocarbamide
Translations
Anagrams
- Rattes, Satter, Strate, Treats, at rest, atters, ratest, rattes, stater, tarest, taters, tetras, treats
Danish
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
taster
- indefinite plural of tast
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
taster
- present of taste
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
taster m
- indefinite plural of tast
Verb
taster
- present of taste
Old French
Etymology
From a late Vulgar Latin *tast?re, from contraction of *taxit?re, iterative of Late Latin tax?re, present active infinitive of tax?, from Classical Latin tang? (“I touch”). Compare Catalan and Occitan tastar, Italian tastare.
Verb
taster
- to taste
- to touch
- to hit; to strike
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Synonyms
- (to hit, to strike): ferir, fraper
Descendants
- ? English: taste
- French: tâter
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (taster)
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easter
English
Etymology
Old English eastera, eastra. Compare norther, souther, wester.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?i?.st?/
Adjective
easter (comparative more easter, superlative most easter)
- (now regional) Eastern. [from 8th c.]
- 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford 2010, p. 57:
- In the mean while, as our apartment was a corner one, and looked both east and north, I ran to the easter casement to look after Drummond.
- 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford 2010, p. 57:
Derived terms
- easterly
- Easter Ross
Related terms
- wester
References
- “easter” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Anagrams
- Teresa, aretes, arsete, arêtes, asteer, earset, eaters, ratees, reseat, saeter, seater, staree, teares, teaser
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