organoleptic

From French organoleptique, from organo- + Ancient Greek ληπτικός (lēptikós, “disposed to take”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”).

• IPA^(key): /ɔː(ɹ)ˌɡænəʊˈlɛptɪk/

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organoleptic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the sensory properties of a particular food or chemical, the taste, colour, odour, and feel.

   The organoleptic assessment of the wine showed that it was spoiled.

   • 2011, John Piggott, editor, Alcoholic Beverages: Sensory Evaluation and Consumer Research, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 26:

     At some point in the history of QC evaluations of alcohol beverages the phrase ‘organoleptic testing’ crept into the industry's vocabulary. Though organoleptic testing does refer to the use of the senses for product evaluations, that is where the comparison to sensory evaluation stops.

organoleptic (plural organoleptics)

1. Such a property

Borrowed from French organoleptique.

organoleptic m or n (feminine singular organoleptică, masculine plural organoleptici, feminine and neuter plural organoleptice)

1. organoleptic