pabular

Related to pabulum.

pabular (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Edible; of or pertaining to food.
   • 1850, Southern literary messenger‎, 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.

From pábulo +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: pa‧bu‧lar

pabular (first-person singular present pabulo, first-person singular preterite pabulei, past participle pabulado)

1. to be excessively proud of oneself; to brag, to boast
2. to despise, to demonstrate contempt towards

• pabulagem