organoleptic

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 2, 2021 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>organoleptic</strong> &#149; \or-guh-noh-LEP-tik\&nbsp; &#149; <em>adjective</em><br /> <p><strong>1 :</strong> being, affecting, or relating to qualities (such as taste, color, odor, and feel) of a substance (such as a food or drug) that stimulate the <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sense%20organ">sense organs</a></p> <p><strong>2 :</strong> involving use of the sense organs</p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"The goal of beverage distillers is generally a beverage, often very traditional in nature, with very specific <em>organoleptic</em> properties…." — Paul Schwarz and Yin Li, in <em>Barley: Production, Improvement, and Uses</em>, 2011</p> <p>"After these deep inhales we sipped the oil and worked it around our mouths…. Finally, we slurped. Not a delicate or elegant sound, but an indispensable one for probing the subtler, <em>organoleptic</em> qualities of the oil." — <a href="https://www.statesman.com/NEWS/20160903/Drama-in-the-olive-groves">Ari LeVaux, <em>The Austin (Texas) American-Statesman</em>, 25 Sep. 2018</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p>English speakers got an early taste of <em>organoleptic</em> in an 1852 translation of a French chemistry textbook. Its spelling is an <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anglicization">Anglicization</a> of the French word <em>organoleptique</em>, which derives from <em>organ</em> (same meaning as in English) and Greek <em>lēptikos</em>, meaning "disposed to take or accept." <em>Lēptikos</em> is also an ingredient in <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neuroleptic">neuroleptic</a></em> (a type of powerful tranquilizer). The parent of <em>lēptikos</em>—the verb <em>lambanein</em>, meaning "to take or seize"—contributed to the formation of several Engli