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mistaste.

To overindulge in food or drink

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/mɪsˈteɪst/
  1. To overindulge in food or drink

    obsolete · transitive
  2. To take wrongly or in error; mistake; err

    obsolete · transitive
  3. To taste wrongly or in error

    archaic · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English mistasten, equivalent to mis- + taste.

noun/ˈmɪsteɪst/
  1. A wrong, bad, or illicit taste

  2. An error; mistake

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From Middle English mistasten, equivalent to mis- + taste.

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