Posted on 01/21/2009 6:25:43 AM PST by VRWCmember
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
palatable • \PAL-uh-tuh-bul\ • adjective
1. agreeable to the palate or taste *
2. agreeable or acceptable to the mind
* Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
Example sentence:
When I asked Griffin for his opinion of the restaurant he said, "The food was bland and unimaginative, but at least the wine was palatable."
Did you know?
"Palatable" comes from "palate," a Latin-derived word for the roof of the mouth. 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." "Palatable" has been used in English to refer to palate-pleasing foods since 1664, but it isn't our only -- or our oldest -- adjective for agreeable tastes. "Savory" dates from the 13th century. "Toothsome" has been around since 1551. "Tasty" was first used back in 1603. And "appetizing" has been gracing culinary reviews since 1653.
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Threads:
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
Review Thread Four: Word For the Day, Friday 7/25/03: Potation
Review Thread Five: Word For the Day, Monday 8/19/03: Stolid
Review Thread Six: Word for the Day, Tuesday 11/09/2004: Peripatetic (Post #125 may be my best anagram post ever)
Me neither! ^5!
You can say that again! Oh, I see you already have. ;-)
i heard kneepad wearer Jeffrey Toobin, panned the speech. know none of this firsthand, just heard it from xshub. he was surprised at the panning.
I had to google chenille. LOL!
I would have found a McCain Administration somewhat palatable; an Obama Administration engages my gag reflex from the outset.
Did you remember to factor in the leap year?
“Chenille” is one of those Yiddish words from the Laverne and Shirley theme song, isn’t it?
Scary number..............
LMAO!
Me neither. I had a meeting with 16 disgruntled OB/Gyns last night.
Same here --- never turned on the TV or radio.
Niebuhr had his failings, but he is credited with writing the serenity prayer. The attenuated version,”God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference” has been a guiding principle for thousands of recovering alcoholics in AA.
There is an even shorter version.
I think the Excel date calculator factors in leap years.
Then there is the version that says: ”God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those idiots I had to kill because they pissed me off.”
both of them gall the living crap out of me.
Unfortunately I caught a second or two before I could change the channel.
The hagiography of Obama ain’t palatable
(As a Kenyan, he shouldn’t be ballotable)
Now they think he’s a saint
Well is he is, or is he ain’t?
Libs think he, not the Pope, is infallatable
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