gustation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
    taste; sense of taste; gustatory modality.
    • his cold deprived him of his sense of taste

WordNet

Gus*ta"tion noun
Etymology
L. gustatio: cf. F. gustation.
Definitions
  1. The act of tasting. R. Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1913