palatable

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
17
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈpæl.ə.tə.bəl/(UK)

Definition of palatable

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Pleasing to the taste, tasty.
    “For some instant noodles make a palatable, if not especially nutritious, meal.”
    “The fermentation of flour by means of brewer’s or distiller’s yeast produces, if rightly managed, results far more palatable and wholesome.”
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adj

  1. Pleasing to the taste, tasty.
    “For some instant noodles make a palatable, if not especially nutritious, meal.”
    “The fermentation of flour by means of brewer’s or distiller’s yeast produces, if rightly managed, results far more palatable and wholesome.”
  2. (figuratively)Tolerable, acceptable.
    “The agreement was palatable to both of them.”
    ““I did hear, too, that there was a time, when sermon-making was not so palateable to you, as it seems to be at present;[…]””
    “Whether it’s palatable for the vice-chairman of Hillary’s presidential campaign to be embroiled in allegations of conflicts of interest, obtaining patronage jobs, or misrepresenting time worked remains to be seen.”
    “AOC's [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] cooking live streams perfect the recipe for making politics palatable [title]”
    “In every case, a story is worked out by the corporate media that is politically palatable for the bourgeoisie: car crash, robbery gone wrong, suicide by hanging. There is no serious investigation or follow-up, whether by the police or those purporting to call themselves “journalists.””

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-osder. Latin palātumder. Old French palatbor. Middle English palate English palate Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English palatable From palate + -able.

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