Word of the Day pabulum \ PAB-yuh-luhm \ , noun; - TopicsExpress



          

Word of the Day pabulum \ PAB-yuh-luhm \ , noun; 1.material for intellectual nourishment. 2.something that nourishes an animal or vegetable organism; food; nutriment. 3.pablum. Quotes: He had two papers to provide for; papers diverse in character, papers published a hundred and fifty miles apart, papers to which expectant thousands looked for their weekly supply of mental pabulum . -- James Parton, The Life of Horace Greeley , 1868 Their corrupting fantasies had deluded the entire educated caste, providing a dangerous pabulum that had poisoned a spoon-fed intelligentsia. -- J.G. Ballard, Millennium People , 2003 Origin: Pabulum is derived from the Latin verb pāscere meaning to feed. The suffix -bulum is used in formation of instrumental nouns. Pabulum entered English in the mid-1600s. Dictionary
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:00:00 +0000

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