gust

• IPA^(key): /ɡʌst/
• Rhymes: -ʌst

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Apparently from an unrecorded Middle English *gust, from Old Norse gustr (“a gust, blast”), from Proto-Germanic *gustiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-. Cognate with Icelandic gustur (“gust of wind”). Related also to Old Norse gusa (“to gush forth”), Old High German gussa (“flood”), Middle English guschen (> English gush). The English word was not recorded before Shakespeare.

gust (plural gusts)

1. A strong, abrupt rush of wind.

   Synonym: windflaw

2. (by extension) Any rush or outburst (of water, emotion, etc.).
   • 1609 (revised 1625), Francis Bacon, De Sapientia Veterum ('Wisdom of the Ancients')
   • 1869 May, Anthony Trollope, “Hard Words”, in He Knew He Was Right, volume I, London: Strahan and Company, […], →OCLC, page 73:

     The author is not speaking now of actual love-makings, of intrigues and devilish villany, either perpetrated or imagined; but rather of those passing gusts of short-lived and unfounded suspicion to which, as to other accidents, very well-regulated families may occasionally be liable.

• gust front
• gust lock
• gustnado
• gusty
• windgust

gust (third-person singular simple present gusts, present participle gusting, simple past and past participle gusted)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To blow in gusts.
   • 2019 April 25, Samanth Subramanian, “Hand dryers v paper towels: the surprisingly dirty fight for the right to dry your hands”, in The Guardian‎:

     Do the dryers disperse bacteria and viruses through the restroom, like autumn breezes gusting leaves across a lawn?

From Middle English gust, guste, from Latin gustus (“taste”) and Old French gust, goust.

gust (uncountable)

1. (archaic) The physiological faculty of taste.
2. Relish, enjoyment, appreciation.
   • 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “[XXVIII Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year, […].] ”, in ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1654, →OCLC:

     , "The Spirit of Grace"

     An ox will relish the tender flesh of kids with as much gust and appetite.

   • 1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: Printed for J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC:

     Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust.

   • 1942: ‘Yes, indeed,’ said Sava with solemn gust. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 1050)
3. Intellectual taste; fancy.
   • 1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, John Dryden, transl., De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC:

     A choice of it may be made according to the gust and manner of the ancients.

From Middle English gusten (“to taste, have a taste for”), from the noun (see above)).

gust (third-person singular simple present gusts, present participle gusting, simple past and past participle gusted)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To taste.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To have a relish for.

• disgust

• GUTs, Guts, guts, tugs

From Latin gustus, from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus. First attested in the 14th century,[1] it was possibly a semi-learned word or early borrowing[2]; compare the sound changes in the inherited Occitan gost, Portuguese gosto, and French goût.

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡust/

gust m (plural gusts or gustos)

1. taste (sense)
2. flavour

   Synonym: sabor

3. relish, pleasure

   Synonym: plaer

4. taste (aesthetic preference), style

   molt al gust borbònic ― very much in the Bourbon style

• “gust” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gust” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “gust” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin gustus, from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus. Possibly a borrowing or semi-learned term.

gust m (plural gusts)

1. relish, zest, enjoyment
2. taste

• (taste): savôr

• gustôs

• gustâ

gust

1. indefinite accusative singular of gustur

Borrowed from Latin gustus, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus.

• IPA^(key): /ɡust/

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• Rhymes: -ust
• Syllabification: gust

gust m inan (diminutive guścik)

1. taste, personal preference

   Antonyms: bezguście, kicz

• gust in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gust in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡust/

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Inherited from Latin gustus, from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus.

gust n (plural gusturi)

1. taste

• gustos

• gusta
• gustare

• savoare

Inherited from Latin (mensis) augustus (through Vulgar Latin agustus). Compare also Albanian gusht (“August”).

• agust

gust m (uncountable)

1. (popular/folk usage, rare) August

   Synonyms: (standard/most common) august; (popular/folk name) gustar; (popular/folk name) măsălar

• gustar

From Proto-Slavic *gǫstъ.

• IPA^(key): /ɡûːst/

gȗst (definite gȗstī, comparative gȕšćī, Cyrillic spelling гу̑ст)

1. dense