pregustation

pregustation

See also: prégustation

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ gustation

Noun

pregustation (countable and uncountable, plural pregustations)

1. The act of tasting beforehand; foretaste.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pregustation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)