palateful

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adjective

Tasty; flavorsome.

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Meanings

adjectivepalateful (comparative more palateful, superlative most palateful)

comparative more palateful · superlative most palateful

  1. Tasty; flavorsome.

    The main requisite is to brew a tasty, palateful and wholesome beer […]

    1904, Letters on Brewing, volume 3, page 127
nounpalateful (plural palatefuls)

plural palatefuls

  1. rareA mouthful.

    She threw a palateful of metallic noise at me: 'Do your own damn work. You're the sniffing secretary around here.'

    1969, Jerzy Peterkiewicz, Green Flows the Bile, page 41
    1 more example

    The Count spat out a palateful of finest Dom, choking. He looked in Johan's eyes for a second, then exploded into raucous laughter.

    2013, Ian Thornton, The Great & Calamitous Tale of Johan Thoms, page 87

Origin

From palate + -ful.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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