masticatory

Meanings

Noun

Something chewed, originally as a medicine, now typically for pleasure or to increase the flow of saliva.

Adj

Of, or relating to mastication.
Used for chewing.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin mastico + -atory, the former borrowed from Ancient Greek μαστιχάω (mastikháō, “I gnash the teeth”), from μάσταξ (mástax, “that with which one chews”).

Scrabble Score: 18

masticatory is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 19

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