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Definition of Palatable
1. Adjective. Acceptable to the taste or mind. "A palatable solution to the problem"
Also: Appetising, Appetizing, Comestible, Eatable, Edible, Tasty
Derivative terms: Palatability, Palatableness, Palatableness
Antonyms: Unpalatable
Definition of Palatable
1. a. Agreeable to the palate or taste; savory; hence, acceptable; pleasing; as, palatable food; palatable advice.
Definition of Palatable
1. Adjective. Pleasing to the taste, tasty. ¹
2. Adjective. Tolerable, acceptable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Palatable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palatable
Literary usage of Palatable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1892)
"... reign over a people professing Christ by election, not by birth nor propinquity—
a doctrine as little palatable, though not so irritating, to Elizabeth. ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1854)
"Because it entertainment; bat when well buttered, Ц 1я palatable. I of cutting
off their heirs with a shilling. | suits him (soots him). ВАШ or m WOOD. ..."
3. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its by James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1853)
"... directions to give way whenever it was necessary. Sunday, 26th.—Got under way
early; procured some buffalo-meat; though poor it was palatable. ..."
4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1871)
"Palatable Castor-oil.—Castor-oil may be rendered as " sweet as honey " to take
by combining it with equal parts of pure glycerine, with which a few drops of ..."
5. Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, at the First Session by William Pitt Fessenden, Thaddeus Stevens (1866)
"They submit to the laws as far as is necessary, and mean to have these laws as
palatable as possible to them. All they can effect politically, socially, ..."