degustation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

Borrowed from French dégustation, from Latin degustatio, degustationem, from degusto.

I cannot say whether it was the spirit of the uncompromising opinion thus pronounced, or the coarsely indelicate way in which the judgment of our French friend was expressed, that riled our phantom guest--enough, it brought him down in full force upon the offender and his countrymen, with most fluent French vituperation and an unconscionable amount of bad jokes and worse puns, finishing up with a general address to them as members of the disgusting jury, instead of jury of degustation. — A Stable for Nightmares; or, Weird Tales, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

tasting, savoring, savouring, relishing

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