Both Uses of
palatable
in
David Copperfield
- It was not, she remarked, so palatable to her, but it was the next best.†
Chpt 25-27 *
- 'When I explained my altered position to you, sir,' I began again, substituting a new form of expression for what was so unpalatable to him, 'this concealment, into which I am so unhappy as to have led Miss Spenlow, had begun.†
Chpt 37-39unpalatable = not acceptable -- especially to the taste budsstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unpalatable means not and reverses the meaning of palatable. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definition:
acceptable -- especially to the taste buds