pabulary

pabulary

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English pabulum
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āsjos
Latin -āriusder.
Middle English -arie
English -ary
English pabulary

    From pabulum + -ary.

    Adjective

    pabulary (comparative more pabulary, superlative most pabulary)

    1. (rare) Of or pertaining to pabulum or fodder.
      The remainder of the farm's budget was set aside for pabulary concerns.
      • 1834, J.S. Forsyth, A dictionary on diet : being a practical treatise on all pabulary and nutritive substances, soild and fluid, with compounds used as food‎[1], 2nd edition, John Churchill, page i:
        [headword only present in title]
      • 1856, Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal Part II‎[2], Hurst and Blackett, page 219:
        I can scarcely describe in fitting words the transition from the pabulary mortification of the last six or seven days to the luxurious abundance we were destined for a few short hours to enjoy here.
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