disgust – English noun declension

English noun forms of disgust

Noun: disgust
Singulardisgust

Sample Sentences

  • With an air of disgust, she stormed out of the room.

Etymology

1. Borrowed from Middle French desgouster, from Old French desgouster (“to put off one's appetite”), from des- (“dis-”) + gouster, goster (“to taste”), from Latin gustus (“a tasting”). By surface analysis, dis- + gust (“taste”).
2. The noun is from Middle French desgoust, from the verb. See: Latin Nouns 'gustus'.