palate
nounEtymology
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 From Middle English palate, from Latin palātum (“roof of the mouth, palate”), perhaps of Etruscan origin.
Definitions
The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates.
A person's ability to distinguish between and appreciate different flavors.
- Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests.
Mental relish
Mental relish; a liking or affinity for something.
- entertain the palates of Nobles
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Taste or flavour, especially with reference to wine or other alcoholic drinks.
A dainty article of food.
- I remember, when he was in Scotland, his praising 'Gordon's palates,' (a dish of palates at the Honourable Alexander Gordon's) with a warmth of expression which might have done honour to more important subjects.
To relish
To relish; to find palatable.
- Not palating the taste of her dishonour
- "If it’s way out there, it’s hard to palate," said Sreenivasan.
The neighborhood
- neighborpalatine
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at palate. 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 palate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at palate
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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