Word Meanings - PIQUANCY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The quality or state of being piquant.
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- SAVORINESS
The quality of being savory. - RELISHABLE
Capable of being relished; agreeable to the taste; gratifying. - SAVOROUS
Having a savor; savory. Rom. of R. - ENHANCEMENT
The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime. - FLAVORED
Having a distinct flavor; as, high-flavored wine. - REJECTER
One who rejects. - SAVORLY
In a savory manner. Barrow. - FLAVORLESS
Without flavor; tasteless. - REJECT
re- + jacere to throw: cf. F. rejeter, formerly also spelt rejecter. 1. To cast from one; to throw away; to discard. Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the Utopians have rejected to their butchers. Robynson . Reject me not from among - REJECTANEOUS
Not chosen orr received; rejected. "Profane, rejectaneous, and reprobate people." Barrow. - REJECTION
Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected. - ABOMINATE
To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety. Syn. -- To hate; abhor; loathe; detest. See Hate. - NAUSEATE
1. To affect with nausea; to sicken; to cause to feel loathing or disgust. 2. To sicken at; to reject with disgust; to loathe. The patient nauseates and loathes wholesome foods. Blackmore. - REJECTABLE
Capable of being, or that ought to be, rejected. - PIQUANCY
The quality or state of being piquant. - TASTER
One of a peculiar kind of zooids situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora. They somewhat resemble the feeding zooids, but are destitute of mouths. See Siphonophora. (more info) 1. One who tastes; especially, one who first tastes food - SAPIDITY
The quality or state of being sapid; taste; savor; savoriness. Whether one kind of sapidity is more effective than another. M. S. Lamson. - SAVORY
The chewing flocks Had ta'en their supper on the savory herb. Milton. - LOATHER
One who loathes. - RECOMMENDATION
1. The act of recommending. 2. That which recommends, or commends to favor; anything procuring, or tending to procure, a favorable reception, or to secure acceptance and adoption; as, he brought excellent recommendations. 3. The state of being - IRREJECTABLE
That can not be rejected; irresistible. Boyle. - ATTASTE
To taste or cause to taste. Chaucer. - DISTASTEFUL
1. Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous; loathsome. 2. Offensive; displeasing to the feelings; disagreeable; as, a distasteful truth. Distasteful answer, and sometimes unfriendly actions. Milton. 3. Manifesting distaste or - FORETASTE
A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation. - ALETASTER
See ALECONNER - TASTE
by the touch, to try, to taste, LL. taxitare, fr. L. taxare 1. To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow. Chapman. Taste it well and stone thou shalt it find. Chaucer. 2. To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish - CATASTERISM
A placing among the stars; a catalogue of stars. The catasterisms of Eratosthenes. Whewell.