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pabulous

pabulous adjective: nourishing.

Adjective

pabulous (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) nourishing

Origin of pabulous

Latin pabulosus (“abounding in fodder”), from pabulum (“food or nourishment”).

Questions about pabulous

What does pabulous mean?
Pabulous means nourishing.
What part of speech is pabulous?
Pabulous is an adjective.

Words near pabulous in the dictionary

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

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