tasty
/ˈteɪsti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor.
Example Sentences
- "You could make this tasty meal for breakfast."
- "Now, with all these provisos in mind, what’s the best way to put spinach to work? All due respect to Popeye, a can may not be the tastiest way to introduce it to your table. […] Lightly sautéing fresh spinach in a drizzle of olive or avocado oil meets this baseline, and it’s tasty and nutritious as well."
- "As Trevor Corson, author of “The Story of Sushi” explains, in Japan, sushi is typically eaten at a bar, where it’s customary for the customer to chat with the chef, who can recommend what’s in season. The short window during which the fish is fresh also makes it more likely to be tastier in Japan."
- "These items will make an attractive and tasty display."
- "we wait until the palace is half-way up, and then we pay some tasty architect to run us up an ornamental mud hovel, right against it"
- "Country fans probably remember Stu best for a tasty tune he wrote and recorded but didn't want released."
Etymology
From taste + -y. The Philippine sense is due to a genericized trademark from Taystee Bread Company, a defunct American company.