palatableness

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noun

The quality of being palatable.

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palatability
OriginEnglish palatable ← Middle English palate ← Old French palat →
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Meanings

nounpalatableness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being palatable.

    Out of the fact of this palatableness on the part of the one and repulsiveness on the part of the other has grown a singular condition in the southern states, where the trees as here once grew in equal profusion, side by side in the forests.

    2011, Winthrop Packard, Forests and Fields Through the Year, page 343

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe property of being acceptable to the mouth

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palatability
Broader
taste property

nounacceptability to the mind or feelings

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palatability
Broader
acceptabilityacceptableness
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-os
  4. Latinpalātum
  5. Old Frenchpalat
  6. Middle Englishpalate
  7. Englishpalate
  8. Englishpalatable
  9. Englishpalatableness

From palatable + -ness.

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APA

palatableness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palatableness

MLA

“palatableness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palatableness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “palatableness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palatableness.

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