palatable

Etymology

palate + -able

adj

1. Pleasing to the taste, tasty.
   For some instant noodles make a palatable, if not especially nutritious, meal.
   The fermentation of flour by means of brewer’s or distiller’s yeast produces, if rightly managed, results far more palatable and wholesome. 1896, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Household Papers and Stories
2. (figurative) Tolerable, acceptable.
   The agreement was palatable to both of them.
   Whether it’s palatable for the vice-chairman of Hillary’s presidential campaign to be embroiled in allegations of conflicts of interest, obtaining patronage jobs, or misrepresenting time worked remains to be seen. January 31 2016, William D. Cohan, “Is Huma Abedin Hillary Clinton’s Secret Weapon or Her Next Big Problem?”, in Vanity Fair
   AOC's [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] cooking live streams perfect the recipe for making politics palatable [title] 2020-12-13, David Smith, “AOC's cooking live streams perfect the recipe for making politics palatable”, in The Guardian
   I first began thinking about how feminists might reject palatable, socially acceptable protests and strategies when I spoke with the artist Emma Sulkowicz, who is best known for her performance piece “Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight),” […] 2022-07-29, Lux Alptraum, “Women, the Game Is Rigged. It’s Time We Stop Playing by the Rules.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN