gust

GUST, noun [Latin 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.] GUST, verb transitive To taste; to have a relish. [Little used.] GUST, noun 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.