DEGUSTATION

tasting, savoring, savouring, relishing, degustation

(noun) taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality; “cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

degustation (countable and uncountable, plural degustations)

tasting, especially as a form of careful appreciation

Source: Wiktionary


Deg`us*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. degustatio: cf. F. dégustation.] (Physiol.)

Definition: Tasting; the appreciation of sapid qualities by the taste organs. Bp. Hall.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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