palate

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person's ability to distinguish between and appreciate different flavors.

   Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests.

2. 2
   noun

   Mental relish; a liking or affinity for something.

   entertain the palates of Nobles

3. 3
   noun

   A dainty article of food.

   I remember, when he was in Scotland, his praising 'Gordon's palates,' (a dish of palates at the Honourable Alexander Gordon's) with a warmth of expression which might have done honour to more important subjects.

4. 4
   verb

   To relish; to find palatable.

   Not palating the taste of her dishonour

5. 5
   noun

   the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities

6. 6
   noun

   The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates.

7. 7
   noun

   Taste or flavour, especially with reference to wine or other alcoholic drinks.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-osder. Latin palātumder. Old French palatbor. Middle English palate English palate From Middle English palate, from Latin palātum (“roof of the mouth, palate”), perhaps of Etruscan origin.