taste
Old Frenchflavor, sense of taste, touch
Variants:tastetact
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From Old French taster (to feel, touch, taste), related to Latin tangere (to touch) — tasting as "touching with the tongue." The meaning expanded from literal flavor to aesthetic judgment. Derivatives include tasteful, tasteless, distaste (an aversion), and aftertaste (a lingering flavor). The connection to touch survives in the word tact.
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distaste
A feeling of dislike or aversion
distasteful
Unpleasant or offensive to the senses or feelings
tasteless
Having no flavor; lacking good taste or refinement
tastefully
In an elegant and aesthetically pleasing manner
aftertaste
A taste or impression that lingers after an experience
distastefully
In an unpleasant or offensive manner
taste-bud
A sensory organ on the tongue that detects taste