pabulum
[noun]
Synonyms: food, aliment, nourishment, nutriment, pap, sustenance

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pabulum noun. ['pabjʊlǝm] M17.
[Latin, from stem of pascere feed. Cf. PABLUM.]
1. Food, nutriment, esp. for plants or animals or their tissues. M17.

2. That which feeds a fire. L17.

3. That which nourishes and sustains the mind or soul. M18.
■ H. Acton A theatre whose comedies and tragedies could afford..perennial entertainment as well as literary pabulum.

4. Bland intellectual fare; an insipid or undemanding diet of words, entertainment, etc. L20
■ A. Carter The radio..fed me an aural pabulum of cheapjack heartbreak.

■ pabulary adjective of or pertaining to pabulum M19.

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