palatelessadj.
/ˈpalətlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈpælətləs/ Lacking a palate; lacking discrimination or discernment in matters of taste.
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the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > [adjective] > Philistine
unseasoned1598
Gothish1602
Gothic1695
Vandal1752
beauty-proof1753
bourgeois1764
Philistine1831
palateless1860
philistinic1869
Philistinish1871
Babbitty1925
1788 J. Hurdis Village Curate 63 Indolence, that half asleep With palateless indifference surveys The smoking feast of plenty.
1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 284 He delivers his..articles..to his ravenous customers; palateless; gluttonous.
1874 A. Thomson In the Holy Land 105 Cries came out from palateless mouths..wildly imploring.
1937 Times 19 Apr. 12/3 Was he characteristic of his race, caring discriminatingly about food and drink, or, like Napoleon, palateless?
1973 J. N. Anderson & R. Storer Immediate & Replacem. Dentures (ed. 2) iv. 33 Cases where for reasons of speech, retching or excessive salivation, a palateless type of upper denture is necessary.
1992 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 11 July a14 The bureaucrats..don't even understand, being palateless, the difference in flavor between head lettuce like iceberg and leaf lettuce in countless varieties.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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