— degustation /dee'gu stay"sheuhn/ , n.
/di gust"/ , v.t.
to taste or savor carefully or appreciatively.
Also, degustate /di gus"tayt/ .
[ 1615-25; degustare to taste, try, equiv. to de- DE- + gustare to taste ( gust ( us ) a tasting + -are inf. suffix) ]