palateful

English

Etymology

From palate +‎ -ful.

Adjective

palateful (comparative more palateful, superlative most palateful)

1. Tasty; flavorsome.
   • 1904, Letters on Brewing, volume 3, page 127:

     The main requisite is to brew a tasty, palateful and wholesome beer […]

Derived terms

• palatefulness

Noun

palateful (plural palatefuls)

1. (rare) A mouthful.
   • 1969, Jerzy Peterkiewicz, Green Flows the Bile, page 41:

     She threw a palateful of metallic noise at me: 'Do your own damn work. You're the sniffing secretary around here.'

   • 2013, Ian Thornton, The Great & Calamitous Tale of Johan Thoms, page 87:

     The Count spat out a palateful of finest Dom, choking. He looked in Johan's eyes for a second, then exploded into raucous laughter.