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noun
Absence or lack of taste (all senses); tastelessness
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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verb
To deprive of taste.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To lose, cancel out, or forget the taste of; reverse the tasting of
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English taste English untaste From un- (“absence of”) + taste.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h2éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Old English on- Middle English on- English un- English taste English untaste From un- + taste.
