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."
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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Ivan Watson, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
That type of water recycling is a little more palatable to people, said Hunt.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2025
Dolphins outside linebacker Jaelan Phillips is also in a contract year, though committing money to a 26-year-old edge rusher is far more palatable than a running back.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
According to her, the zoo takes the palatable trees removed from the preserve — dogwood, sumac, elm, mulberry, and boxelder — and feeds them to a variety of zoo animals, including gorillas, elephants, and giraffes.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Palatable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palatable. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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