digestible
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of digestible
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin dīgestibilis < Latin dīgest ( us ) ( see digest) + -ibilis -ible
Example Sentences
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“The irony, of course,” he added, is that one ingredient isn’t digestible, “but their arguments need to be easily digested.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Galleries are also closing and downsizing, and films that don’t oblige the content farm aren’t solicited as readily as influencer-helmed or easily digestible projects that can be played as background noise for scrolling.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
But his latest album has found multi-generational appeal, and that could improve its chance, as it is "more digestible" to Grammy voters, Rivera-Rideau said.
From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026
Warm, savory, digestible, familiar—I reach for this most mornings, appetite or no.
From Salon • Jan. 29, 2026
Maize lacks digestible niacin, the amino acids lysine and tryptophan, necessary to make proteins and diets with too much maize can lead to protein deficiency and pellagra, a disease caused by lack of niacin.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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