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gustfulness

/ˈɡʌstfəlnəs/

gustfulness noun: appealing taste; tastiness.

Noun

gustfulness (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Appealing taste; tastiness.
    • Then his food doth taste savourily, then his divertisements and recreations have a lively gustfulness.a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number)”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn]...
    • It was not any gustfulness in those herbs which they eat, which caused them to gather them, or the force of long-established habit, but the extremity of want.1774, Thomas Harmer, Observations on Various Passages of Scripture

Origin of gustfulness

From gustful + -ness.

Questions about gustfulness

What does gustfulness mean?
Gustfulness means appealing taste; tastiness.
What part of speech is gustfulness?
Gustfulness is a noun.
How do you pronounce gustfulness?
Gustfulness is pronounced /ˈɡʌstfəlnəs/.

Words near gustfulness in the dictionary

  1. Gustavus
  2. gustducin
  3. gusted
  4. gustful
  5. gustfully
  6. gustfulness
  7. gustfuls
  8. Gustie
  9. gustier
  10. Gusties
  11. gustiest

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