palatable
adjEtymology
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.
- derived from palatbor
- derived from palātumder
Definitions
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.
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.
The neighborhood
- neighborpalatability
- neighborpalate
Derived
hyperpalatable, impalatable, nonpalatable, palatableness, palatably
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at palatable. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at palatable. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at palatable
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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