pablum
Mushy, easily digested foodMushy, easily digested food; pap; (countable) a specific type of such food.
Meaning
2 senses(US, broadly, uncountable, usually)Mushy, easily digested food; pap; (countable) a specific type of such food.
(US, countable, derogatory, figuratively, uncountable, usually)Something overly bland or simplistic, especially speech or writing.
Einheitsbrei
бана́льщинаbanálʹščina
- a soft form of cereal for infants
- worthless or oversimplified ideas
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
A variant of Pablum, the name of a food supplement for malnourished infants developed in 1A variant of Pablum, the name of a food supplement for malnourished infants developed in 1931 by the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Mead Johnson & Company, probably a shortening of Latin pābulum (“fodder for animals; food, nourishment”), from pā(scō) (“to feed, nourish; to drive to pasture; to support; to tend”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect, ward; to shepherd”)) + -bulum (suffix denoting an instrument) (from Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom (a variant of *-trom (suffix denoting an instrument or tool))), or directly from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-dʰlom (from *peh₂- + *-dʰlom). The name was trademarked in the United States in 1932.
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plural: pablumsSynonyms
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3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable