palatable
adjective
pal·at·able
ˈpa-lə-tə-bəl 
1
: agreeable to the palate or taste
The restaurant's chicken dishes are quite palatable.
2
: agreeable or acceptable to the mind
attempted to make physics palatable to a broader range of students
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Palatable comes from palate, a word for the roof of the mouth, which itself comes from Latin palatum. The palate was once thought of as the seat of the sense of taste, so the word eventually came to mean "sense of taste," or broadly, "liking."
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Examples of palatable in a Sentence
a less than palatable beer
I did not find the idea of moving again very palatable.
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Andy Kaiser, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
This may not exactly precipitate some tender moment where Halsey will bring her family out on stage for a bow, but the sheer honesty of the feelings about aging and mortality being expressed here is bracing — and palatable for being so tenderly expressed.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
However, in Japan, demand remains strong from urban redevelopment, and the first inflationary environment in quite a while should make passing on price increases more palatable.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2024
Voters in 2022 rejected previous housing plans and the city went back to the drawing board and worked with residents to make a new proposal that was more palatable.
—Heather McRea, Orange County Register, 6 Nov. 2024
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Andy Kaiser, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
This may not exactly precipitate some tender moment where Halsey will bring her family out on stage for a bow, but the sheer honesty of the feelings about aging and mortality being expressed here is bracing — and palatable for being so tenderly expressed.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
However, in Japan, demand remains strong from urban redevelopment, and the first inflationary environment in quite a while should make passing on price increases more palatable.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2024
Voters in 2022 rejected previous housing plans and the city went back to the drawing board and worked with residents to make a new proposal that was more palatable.
—Heather McRea, Orange County Register, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Palatable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palatable. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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