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Nov. 27, 2014
Word of the Day

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\dih-GUHST\
verb
1. to taste or savor carefully or appreciatively.
Quotes
Although this dish has been degusted by our great great grandfathers, and has been for upwards of a century one of the strongest pillars of the art, I shall here describe it, as an old proverb justly reminds me that a good thing can never get old.
-- Alexis Soyer, The Gastronomic Regenerator, 1846
Origin
Degust can be traced to the Latin word gustāre meaning "to taste." It entered English in the early 1600s.
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