English Explanatory Dictionary

pabulation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of eating or feeding.

Word forms

pabulation

Etymology

From pābulātiōn-, the stem of the Classical Latin pābulātiō (“action of collecting fodder or food; foraging”), from pābulor (“eat fodder, graze; collect fodder, forage”), from pābulum (“food, fodder”); compare the Middle French pabulation (“action of providing oneself with forage”).

Related words

pabulum
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