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masticatory

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Pronunciation
/ˌmasˈtɪk.eɪ.tər.i/
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/ˌmasˈtɪk.eɪ.tər.i/ · /mæˈstɪk.əˌtɔr.i/

Definition of masticatory

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Something chewed, originally as a medicine, now typically for pleasure or to increase the flow of saliva.
    “Sneezing, masticatories, and nasals are generally received.”
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noun

  1. Something chewed, originally as a medicine, now typically for pleasure or to increase the flow of saliva.
    “Sneezing, masticatories, and nasals are generally received.”

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of, or relating to mastication.
  2. (not-comparable)Used for chewing.

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Etymology

From Latin mastico + -atory, the former borrowed from Ancient Greek μαστιχάω (mastikháō, “I gnash the teeth”), from μάσταξ (mástax, “that with which one chews”).

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