noun
Meaning 1
The condition of being palatable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
palatability
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CMU ARPABET: P AE2 L AH0 T AH0 B IH1 L AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The extent to which something is palatable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
acceptability to the mind or feelings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the pursuit of electoral palatability
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: palatableness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: acceptability, acceptableness
noun
Meaning 4
the property of being acceptable to the mouth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: palatableness
Antonyms: unpalatability
Broader terms: taste property
Narrower terms: pleasingness, tastiness, appetizingness, appetisingness
History
Etymology
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 palat(able) ▲ Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English palatability From palat(able) + -ability.