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pabulum

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pab·u·lum  (pby-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 pbulum; see p- in Indo-European roots. Sense 2, by confusion with pablum.]
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Noun1.pabulumpabulum - any substance that can be used as food
comestible, eatable, edible, victual, victuals
food, nutrient - any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
tuck - eatables (especially sweets)
2.pabulum - insipid intellectual nourishment
food for thought, intellectual nourishment, food - anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking


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His pabulum was an unquenchable belief in the Unerring Artistic Adjustment of Nature.
The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context
Even more, we have seen amongst us that he can even grow younger, that his vital faculties grow strenuous, and seem as though they refresh themselves when his special pabulum is plenty.
Dracula by Stoker, Bram View in context
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