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Relish is a related term of gout.


As nouns the difference between relish and gout

is that relish is a pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing while gout is taste, flavour.

As a verb relish

is (obsolete|intransitive) to taste; to have a specified taste or flavour.

relish

English

(wikipedia relish)

Noun

(es)
  • A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 12.
    • A Laplander or Negro has no notion of the relish of wine.
  • * Milton
    • Much pleasure we have lost while we abstained / From this delightful fruit, nor known till now / True relish , tasting.
  • * Addison
    • When liberty is gone, / Life grows insipid, and has lost its relish .
  • Savor; quality; characteristic tinge.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • It preserves some relish of old writing.
  • A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness.
  • * Macaulay
    • a relish for whatever was excellent in arts
  • * Cowper
    • I have a relish for moderate praise, because it bids fair to be judicious.
  • That which is used to impart a flavor; specifically, something taken with food to render it more palatable or to stimulate the appetite; a condiment.
  • A cooked or pickled sauce, usually made with vegetables or fruits, generally used as a condiment.
  • * '>citation
  • In a wooden frame, the projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (es)
  • (obsolete) To taste; to have a specified taste or flavour.
  • *, II.3.3:
    • honourable enterprises are accompanied with dangers and damages, as experience evinceth; they will make the rest of thy life relish the better.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Had I been the finder-out of this secret, it would not have relished among my other discredits.
  • * Woodward
    • A theory, which, how much soever it may relish of wit and invention, hath no foundation in nature.
  • To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeable, to make appetizing.
  • * Dryden
    • a sav'ry bit that served to relish wine
  • To taste or eat with pleasure, to like the flavor of; to take great pleasure in.
    • He relishes their time together.
    I don't relish the idea of going out tonight.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Now I begin to relish thy advice.
  • * Atterbury
    • He knows how to prize his advantages, and to relish the honours which he enjoys.

    Synonyms

    * appreciate * delight in * enjoy * like * revel

    gout

    English

    (wikipedia gout)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pathology, not countable) An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.
  • (usually, followed by of) A spurt or splotch.
  • * , Macbeth , act 2, scene 1:
    • I see thee still,
    And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood.
  • * 1981 , , Children of Men , ch. 20, page 137:
    • [S]mall chunks of rubble and gouts of soot had fallen from the chimney, and were ground into the rug under his unwary feet.
  • * 2002 , , The Shadow of the Lion , (Google preview):
    • Another blow sent gouts of blood flying, along with gobbets of flesh.
  • (rare) A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae.Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989)

    • Synonyms

    * gouty arthritis * urarthritis * crystalline arthritis

    Related terms

    * gutter

    Derived terms

    * gouty * goutiness * pseudogout

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