tastable

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English tastable, taastable, equivalent to taste +‎ -able. Compare Old French tastable.

Adjective[edit]

tastable (comparative more tastable, superlative most tastable)

  1. That can be tasted; that can be detected by one's sense of taste.

References[edit]

  • Günter Radden, René Dirven (2007) Cognitive English grammar, page 284:Conversion predicates of perception tend to be coded as adjectives: visible, audible, palpable and tangible, but English lacks adjectives such as *smellable and *tastable for something that can be smelled or tasted.

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