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Definition of Gustful
1. a. Tasteful; well- tasted.
2. a. Gusty.
Definition of Gustful
1. Adjective. gusty ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gustful
1. gustie [adj] - See also: gustie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gustful
Literary usage of Gustful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Attended with gusts ; gusty ; squally. A gustful April mom That pulf'd the swaying
branches. ... The quality of being gustful or full of savor. ..."
2. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1903)
"He introduces Sophocles as an example of one who in his May of life had enjoyed
gustful youth to the full, but who could grow old charmingly, ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1828)
"... might have felt the want of wine, but all the eatables were highly gustful.
With fish—a vast addition, we admit—and such ingredients, the chef, ..."
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