Meanings
adjectivepalative (comparative more palative, superlative most palative)
comparative more palative · superlative most palative
- obsoletePleasing to the taste; palatable.
palative delights
c. 1670s (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the section)”, in John Jeffery, editor, Christian Morals, […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] [A]t the University-Press, for Cornelius Crownfield printer to the University; and are to be sold by Mr. Knapton […]; and Mr. [John] Morphew […], published 1716, →OCLC
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
- Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-os
- Latinpalātum
- Old Frenchpalat
- Middle Englishpalate
- Englishpalate
- Englishpalative
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
palative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palative
MLA
“palative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palative. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “palative,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palative.
Source: palative on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.