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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (rare) Of or pertaining to pabulum or fodder.
   • The remainder of the farm's budget was set aside for pabulary concerns.
   • 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. 1856, Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal Part II, Hurst and Blackett, page 219:
   • [headword only present in title] 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, 2nd edition, John Churchill, page i:

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