Gustless

//ˈɡʌstləs// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    tasteless; insipid obsolete

    "[…] they might after give the expressed and less useful part of the cods and remaining pulp unto their swine: which, being no gustless or unsatisfying offal, might be well desired by the prodigal in his hunger."

  2. 2
    Without gusts (of wind).

    "Except in broken country, the sand cloud seems to glide steadily over the desert like a moving carpet, and the wind is comparatively gustless."

Example

More examples

"[…] they might after give the expressed and less useful part of the cods and remaining pulp unto their swine: which, being no gustless or unsatisfying offal, might be well desired by the prodigal in his hunger."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin gustus (“a tasting”), and suffix -less.

Etymology 2

From gust + -less.

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