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palatableness

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The quality of being palatable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

acceptability to the mind or feelings

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the pursuit of electoral palatability

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: palatability

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: acceptability, acceptableness

3

noun

Meaning 3

the property of being acceptable to the mouth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: palatability

Antonyms: none provided

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 palatable Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English palatableness From palatable + -ness.