Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

teataster

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: teataster
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who samples and grades tea quality.

Example Sentences

"“A teataster. A man who tastes tea,” Newpole said patiently."
"Edison had an idea. Entering the store, he asked the teataster if he could Judge a cup himself. The man agreed, no doubt believing it would be helpful to have the verdict of a member of the public. And so Edison made a breakfast of a cup of tea."
"Lu Yu became famous for his talents as a teataster, his mastery of the method to prepare tea and for having written Cha Jing, the first book devoted to tea."

Etymology

From tea + taster.

Inflected Forms

teatasters (plural) tea taster (alternative) tea-taster (alternative)

Questions

What does teataster mean?: A person who samples and grades tea quality.
Where does teataster come from?: From tea + taster.

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