pabular
pabular adjective: edible; of or pertaining to food.
Adjective
pabular (not comparable)
- Edible; of or pertaining to food.
- We shall however delight to follow our author in those pleasing meditations wherewith, under the ingenious fiction of Hortense, he introduces some of the most important subjects of pabular interest.1850, Southern literary messenger, Conservative Cookery
- It is a well-known fact in Indian warfare that the sepoy always fights and marches best on a full stomach. Therefore, the advisableness of this pabular preparation was unquestionable.1851, Edward Joseph Thackwell, Narrative of the Second Seikh war, in 1848-49, pages 82–83
Examples of pabular in a sentence
- […] and as that species feeds indiscriminately on such varied trees as hazel, beech, and sallow, an extension of its pabular range is not surprising.1866, The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, volume 2, page 86:
- This pabular vocabulary will be eagerly embraced by all those interested in and engaged in food and its preparation from whatever culture and tradition they may come.2000, Rodney Dale, The Wordsworth Dictionary of Culinary & Menu Terms, back cover:
Origin of pabular
From pabulum + -ar.
Questions about pabular
- What does pabular mean?
- Pabular means edible; of or pertaining to food.
- How do you use pabular in a sentence?
- […] and as that species feeds indiscriminately on such varied trees as hazel, beech, and sallow, an extension of its pabular range is not surprising.
- What part of speech is pabular?
- Pabular is an adjective.
Words near pabular in the dictionary
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