tastable
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English tastable, taastable, equivalent to taste + -able. Compare Old French tastable.
Adjective[edit]
tastable (comparative more tastable, superlative most tastable)
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.”