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Aug 26, 2014
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with Anu Gargdegust
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
verb tr.: To taste or savor appreciatively.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin degustare (to taste), from de- (completely) + gustare (to taste).
Ultimately from the Indo-European root geus- (to taste or choose), which
also gave us choice, choose, gusto, ragout, and disgust. Earliest documented
use: 1623.
USAGE:
"Within a decade, the first insects [beetles] crossed the western border
of the Soviet Union to degust Ukrainian and Belarusan potatoes." Laura Williams; The Bug That Brought Russia to its Knees; Russian Life (Montpelier, Vermont); Jul/Aug 2007. See more usage examples of degust in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots. -Barbara Ehrenreich, journalist and author (b. 1941)
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