pabular
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Related to pabulum.
Adjective
[edit]pabular (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Edible; of or pertaining to food.
- 1850, Southern literary messenger[1], Conservative Cookery:
- 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.
- 1851, Edward Joseph Thackwell, Narrative of the Second Seikh war, in 1848-49, pages 82–83:
- 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.
- 1866, The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, volume 2, page 86:
- […] and as that species feeds indiscriminately on such varied trees as hazel, beech, and sallow, an extension of its pabular range is not surprising.
- 2000, Rodney Dale, The Wordsworth Dictionary of Culinary & Menu Terms, back cover:
- 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.
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: pa‧bu‧lar
Verb
[edit]pabular (first-person singular present pabulo, first-person singular preterite pabulei, past participle pabulado)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of pabular (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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