gust

• IPA^(key): /ɡʌst/
• Rhymes: -ʌst

Apparently from Old Norse gustr, from Proto-Germanic *gustiz. However, 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.).
   • 1868, Anthony Trollope, He Knew He Was Right X:

     It is to be feared that men in general do not regret as they should do any temporary ill-feeling, or irritating jealousy between husbands and wives, of which they themselves have been the cause. 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.

   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

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

1. (intransitive) To blow in gusts.

From Latin gustus (“taste”). For the verb, compare Latin gustare, Italian gustare, Spanish gustar.

gust (uncountable)

1. (archaic) The physiological faculty of taste.
2. Relish, enjoyment, appreciation.
   • Jeremy Taylor

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

   • Alexander Pope

     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.
   • Dryden

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

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, 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.

gust m (plural gusts or gustos)

1. taste

• gustós
• molt de gust

• gustar

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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gust m inan (diminutive guścik)

1. taste, personal preference

• gustować
• gustowny

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

• august (standard/most common)
• gustar (popular/folk name)
• măsălar (popular/folk name)

• gustar

From Proto-Slavic *gǫstъ.

• IPA^(key): /ɡûːst/

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

1. dense

• kust

gust m

1. horror, horrible feeling upon witnessing something