pregustation

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noun

The act of tasting something beforehand; foretaste.

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Meanings

nounpregustation (countable and uncountable, plural pregustations)

plural pregustations

  1. countableuncountableThe act of tasting something beforehand; foretaste.

    simultaneous secretion and ingestion of Sw followed by egestion are natural components of the pregustation phase of host selection probes

    2001, Kerry F. Harris, Oney P. Smith, James E. Duffus, Virus-Insect-Plant Interactions

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
foretaste

Origin

From pre- + gustation.

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APA

pregustation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pregustation

MLA

“pregustation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pregustation. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pregustation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pregustation.

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