digestible

[dih-jes-tuh-buhl, dahy-]

adjective

1. capable of being digested; readily digested.

digestible

/ dɪˈdʒɛstəbəl, daɪ- /

adjective

1. capable of being digested or easy to digest

Other Word Forms

• digestibility noun
• digestibly adverb
• nondigestibility noun
• nondigestible adjective
• nondigestibleness noun
• nondigestibly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of digestible¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin dīgestibilis < Latin dīgest ( us ) ( digest ) + -ibilis -ible

Example Sentences

What drove you to make “After the Hunt” less easily digestible?

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“The Declaration’s Journey” is an ambitious show, and its curators and designers have done a canny, mostly successful job of making its dense history digestible.

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Still, the deal would be easily digestible for J&J, which is worth close to $460 billion.

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"But they are presented in quite a digestible way - I think that's also where it's resonated with some people."

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“It’s just a different landscape now,” he says, “so to create one or two ideas, or co-write three is manageable, and it’s also digestible for the fans.”

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