comestible

[ kuh-mes-tuh-buh l ]

/ kəˈmɛs tə bəl /

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adjective

edible; eatable.

noun

Usually comestibles. articles of food; edibles: The table was spread with all kinds of comestibles.

Nearby words

comely, comenius, comenius, john amos, comer, comes, comestible, comet, cometary, cometh, cometic, comeuppance

Origin of comestible

1475–85; < Late Latin comēstibilis, equivalent to Latin comēst(us), past participle of comedere to eat up (see comedo; -ēstus for -ēs(s)us by analogy with gestus, ūstus, etc.; see combust) + -ibilis -ible; see eat

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Examples from the Web for comestible

But the abalone—as a Christian comestible he is a stranger to me and the tooth o' me.
The Letters of Ambrose Bierce|Ambrose Bierce
He wrote to Paris and London for all the delicacies of the "comestible" shops.
That Boy Of Norcott's|Charles James Lever
The railway drays, laden with the comestible treasures of the ocean, no longer thundered through the covered ways.
The Fat and the Thin|Emile Zola
Bread is the only comestible which the custom of well-bred people permits to be laid off your plate.
How To Behave: A Pocket Manual Of Republican Etiquette, And Guide To Correct Personal Habits|Samuel R Wells

Occasionally, where his memory of that language failed him, he would put down the name of some comestible in Greek.
Albania|E. F. Knight

British Dictionary definitions for comestible

comestible

/ (kəˈmɛstɪbəl) /

noun

(usually plural) food

adjective

a rare word for edible

Word Origin for comestible

C15: from Late Latin comestibilis, from comedere to eat up; see comedo

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Word Origin and History for comestible

comestible

1837, "article of food," from French comestible (14c.), from Late Latin comestibilis, from Latin comestus, past participle of comedere "eat up, consume," from com- "thoroughly" (see com-) + edere "to eat" (see edible). It was attested earlier as an adjective (late 15c.) meaning "fit to eat" but seems to have fallen from use 17c., and the word was reintroduced from French.