palatable
English
WOTD – 22 October 2009
Etymology
palate + -able
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈpæl.ə.tə.bəl/
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Adjective
palatable (comparative more palatable, superlative most palatable)
- Pleasing to the taste, tasty.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:delicious
- Antonym: unpalatable
- For some instant noodles make a palatable, if not especially nutritious, meal.
- 1896, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Household Papers and Stories:
- The fermentation of flour by means of brewer’s or distiller’s yeast produces, if rightly managed, results far more palatable and wholesome.
- (figuratively) Tolerable, acceptable.
- The agreement was palatable to both of them.
- 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice, volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton […], OCLC 38659585, page 188:
- “I did hear, too, that there was a time, when sermon-making was not so palatable to you as it seems to be at present; […] ”
- 2016 January 31, William D. Cohan, “Is Huma Abedin Hillary Clinton’s Secret Weapon or Her Next Big Problem?”, in Vanity Fair:
- 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.
- 2020 December 13, David Smith, “AOC's cooking live streams perfect the recipe for making politics palatable”, in The Guardian:
- AOC's [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] cooking live streams perfect the recipe for making politics palatable [title]
- 2022 July 29, Lux Alptraum, “Women, the Game Is Rigged. It’s Time We Stop Playing by the Rules.”, in The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331:
- I first began thinking about how feminists might reject palatable, socially acceptable protests and strategies when I spoke with the artist Emma Sulkowicz, who is best known for her performance piece “Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight),” […]
Related terms
- palatability
- palate
Translations
pleasing to the taste
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tolerable, acceptable
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