Pronounced: uh-man-yoo-EN-sis, noun
Notes: I don’t think this word is well known, but I happen to know it
Yesterday’s word
The word organoleptic means
- relating to the sensual qualities (taste, color, smell) of substances (such as food or drugs)
- involving use of the sense organs
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1800s
Background / Comments
Our word came from the French word organoleptique — our spelling is an Anglicization of it — and it came from the words organ and the Greek word lēptikos (disposed to take or accept).
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