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pabulary

pabulary adjective: of or pertaining to pabulum or fodder.

Adjective

pabulary (comparative more pabulary, superlative most pabulary)

  1. (rare) Of or pertaining to pabulum or fodder.
    • The remainder of the farm's budget was set aside for pabulary concerns.
    • [headword only present in title]1834, J.S. Forsyth, A dictionary on diet : being a practical treatise on all pabulary and nutritive substances, soild and fluid, with compounds used as food, 2nd edition, John Churchill, page i

Forms of pabulary

comparativemore pabulary
superlativemost pabulary

Origin of pabulary

From pabulum + -ary.

Questions about pabulary

What does pabulary mean?
Pabulary means of or pertaining to pabulum or fodder.
What part of speech is pabulary?
Pabulary is an adjective.

Words near pabulary in the dictionary

  1. Pabst
  2. pabstite
  3. Pabsts
  4. pabula
  5. pabular
  6. pabulary
  7. pabulation
  8. pabulous
  9. pabulum
  10. pabulums
  11. PABX

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