GUSTn.
[L. gustus, gusto; Gr. a contracted word, for it has taste.]
1. Taste; tasting, or the sense of tasting. More generally, the pleasure of tasting; relish.
2. Sensual enjoyment.
Where love is duty on the female side,
On theirs, mere sensual gust, and sought with surly pride.
3. Pleasure; amusement; gratification.
Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust.
4. Turn of fancy; intellectual taste.
A choice of it may be made according to the gust and manner of the ancients. [Taste is now generally used.]
GUSTv.t.
To taste; to have a relish. [Little used.]
GUSTn.
1. A sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden rushing or driving of the wind, of short duration.
2. A sudden, violent burst of passion.