pabulum

[ pab-yuh-luhm ]
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noun
  1. something that nourishes an animal or vegetable organism; food; nutriment.

  2. material for intellectual nourishment.

Origin of pabulum

1
1670–80; <Latin pābulum food, nourishment, equivalent to (scere) to feed (akin to food) + -bulum noun suffix of instrument

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pabulum

/ (ˈpæbjʊləm) /


nounrare
  1. food

  2. food for thought, esp when bland or dull

Origin of pabulum

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C17: from Latin, from pascere to feed

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