Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

untaste

/ʌnˈteɪst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-taste
IPA: /ʌnˈteɪst/

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To deprive of taste.

verb

To lose, cancel out, or forget the taste of; reverse the tasting of

Transitive verb

noun

Absence or lack of taste (all senses); tastelessness

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…]Vntaſte them of this violent diſguſt;"
"“Ugh! Ugh and double-ugh!” Elsa was trying to wipe dough off her face and away from her mouth. “I am never going to untaste that. Never!"
"He spat in the dirt, trying to untaste the idea."
"Could we untaste Eden's tainted fruit?"
"Those years comprise (among other drolleries) a complete reversal of public untaste; "nonobjective art", once anathematized, being now de rigeur."
"Moreover, from untaste to unknowing, from unknowing to non-possession, from non-possession to non-being, there is an obvious progress, but in negativity."

Etymology

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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

untastes (present, singular) untasting (participle, present) untasted (participle, past) untasted (past)

Rhymes With

based placed waste taste replaced faced two-faced waist paste traced embraced chased

Questions

How do you pronounce untaste?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʌnˈteɪst/.
What does untaste mean?: To deprive of taste.
Where does untaste come from?: 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.

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