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comestible

[ kuh-mes-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. edible; eatable.


noun

  1. Usually comestibles. articles of food; edibles:

    The table was spread with all kinds of comestibles.

comestible

/ kəˈmɛstɪbəl /

noun

  1. usually plural food
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. a rare word for edible
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of comestible1

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

Origin of comestible1

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

His Sheriffian Majesty was good enough to partake of the rather stale comestible.

Bread is the only comestible which the custom of well-bred people permits to be laid off your plate.

Then with an air of renewed determination she returned to her breakfast and ate everything comestible in sight.

It can be taken raw and is therefore a favourite comestible for fast days when cooked food is forbidden.

Many a cassowary has been complaining bitterly of the high cost of this comestible.

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