Word of the Day 1.29.09
pabulum
pab·u·lum (p
b
y
-lm)
n.
1. A substance that gives nourishment; food.
2. Insipid intellectual nourishment: “TV . . . gobbled up comedy material and spat it out as pabulum” Richard Corliss.
[Latin p
bulum; see p- in Indo-European roots. Sense 2, by confusion with pablum.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
| Noun | 1. | pabulum – any substance that can be used as food
tuck – eatables (especially sweets)
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| 2. | pabulum – insipid intellectual nourishment
food for thought, intellectual nourishment, food – anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking
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