Middle English Dictionary Entry
tā̆stāble adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | tā̆stāble adj. |
| Etymology | OF tastable; also cp. ME tā̆st(e n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Capable of being perceived by the sense of taste, tastable; (b) capable of perceiving something by touch, endowed with the sense of touch; ~ strenge, faculty of touch.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)501 : Worschiping vsiþ oþere seable or heereable or smellable or touchable or taastable signes wiþoutforþ.
b
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)98/4 : Þe wyttys þat er yn þe hondes ys in atouchable & tastable [L palpatiua] stryngh.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 ?Scrope Ribot First Monks (Lamb 192)22/22 : God schal reduce the ageyn to the flowyng and tastabyll [L gustandam] swetnesse of hys glorye of the bek of hys lust.
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