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.