taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality; "cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most"
degust
Hyphenation
de·gust
Pronunciation
Etymology
[ "dE-"g&s-'tA-sh&n, de- ] (noun.) circa 1656. French dégustation, from Latin degustation-, degustatio, from degustare to taste, from de- + gustare to taste; more at CHOOSE.