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Definition of Pabulum

1. Noun. Any substance that can be used as food.

Definition of Pabulum

1. n. The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment; hence, that which feeds or sustains, as fuel for a fire; that upon which the mind or soul is nourished; as, intellectual pabulum.

Definition of Pabulum

1. Noun. food or fodder, particularly that taken in by plants or animals. ¹

2. Noun. material that feeds a fire. ¹

3. Noun. (figuratively) food for thought. ¹

4. Noun. bland intellectual fare; an undemanding diet of words. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pabulum

1. food [n -S] : PABULAR [adj] - See also: food

Medical Definition of Pabulum

1. The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment; hence, that which feeds or sustains, as fuel for a fire; that upon which the mind or soul is nourished; as, intellectual pabulum. Origin: L, akin to pascere to pasture. See Pastor. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pabulum

Literary usage of Pabulum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bioplasm: An Introduction to the Study of Physiology & Medicine by Lionel Smith Beale (1872)
"The manner in which the pabulum is brought into very close proximity to the ... In the case of the simpler forms of life the pabulum is brought into the ..."

2. Protoplasm, or, life, matter and mind by Lionel Smith Beale (1870)
"The terms Living Matter, Formed Matter, and pabulum. —Since many kinds of formed matter had been called protoplasm as well as the matter which is in the ..."

3. Senescence, the Last Half of Life by Granville Stanley Hall (1922)
"... disparity when December weds May—Sexual hygiene for the old—Mental effects of the dulling of sensations—Lack of mental pabulum—The tedium vitae—Changes ..."

4. First Impressions of England and Its People by Hugh Miller (1860)
"—A Class of English, on the other Hand, greatly lower than the Scotch ; naturally less Curious ; acquire, in Consequence, less of the Developing pabulum. ..."

5. French-English Medical Dictionary by Alfred Gordon (1921)
"pabulum vit« ... pabulum of life. Any substance capable of maintaining life (oxygen, food, etc.). ..."

6. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1886)
"But they abound in mental and spiritual pabulum, and it is to be hoped that the proposed reprint of the old English translation, of which this Introduction ..."

7. Protoplasm: Or, Matter and Life. With Some Remarks Upon the "Confession" of by Lionel Smith Beale (1874)
"The only matter passing towards centres is dissolved non-living pabulum. If living particles were suspended in this, they would under ordinary circumstances ..."

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