Word Of The Day

palatable

palatable • \PAL-uh-tuh-bul\  • adjective
Palatable describes something that has a pleasant or agreeable taste, or that is pleasant or acceptable to someone.

// Our group was pleasantly surprised that the food options at the local fair were actually palatable this year.

// Given the traffic downtown, traveling by train is a palatable alternative to driving.

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Examples:
“[Toni] Morrison’s work was not meant to be a palatable salve. Instead, surprise and provocation are the ingredients of her fiction.” — Edna Bonhomme, The New Republic, 6 Mar. 2026

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