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palatable

[ pal-uh-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. acceptable or agreeable to the palate or taste; savory:

    palatable food.

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  2. acceptable or agreeable to the mind or feelings:

    palatable ideas.

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palatable

/ ˈæəəə /

adjective

  1. pleasant to taste
  2. acceptable or satisfactory

    a palatable suggestion

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ貹ٲˈٲ, noun
  • ˈ貹ٲ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • 貹·····ٲ [pal-, uh, -t, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], 貹····Ա noun
  • 貹··· adverb
  • ԴDz·貹··· adjective
  • non·貹··· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of palatable1

First recorded in 1660–70; palate + -able
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Synonym Study

Palatable, appetizing, tasty, savory all refer to tastes or aromas pleasing to the palate and in some cases to the olfactory nerves. Palatable has the least positive connotation of these terms, often referring to food that is merely acceptable and not especially good: a palatable, if undistinguished, main course; a barely palatable mixture of overcooked vegetables. Appetizing suggests stimulation of the appetite by the smell, taste of food, and is the only one of these words that can also refer to food pleasing to the eye: the appetizing aroma of baking bread; the table contained an appetizing display of meats, cheeses, and salads. Tasty refers to food that has a notable or especially appealing taste: mixed with bits of a tasty sausage; an especially tasty sauce. Savory refers most often to well or highly seasoned foods and applies to their appeal in both taste and smell: a savory, succulent roast of beef, spiced with slivers of garlic; the savory aroma of a simmering duck sauce.
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These movies frequently become mired in their own good intentions, diluting their messaging to something as plain and palatable as, say, “Love, Simon.”

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Speaking to Cooper, Roan questioned how her fellow pop stars manage to find the time to run their careers and form palatable opinions for their fans' consumption.

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And if ideas from their own side, like these three, aren't palatable, all of which make an already big State even bigger, there are those suggested by the Conservatives and others.

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Verstappen might have been pleasantly surprised to be best of the rest, but the 0.385secs margin between him and Norris, while perhaps expected, will have been less palatable.

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An H-2A-focused bill might be a palatable solution in states that are less reliant on undocumented workers and already more dependent on the visa program.

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