comestible
adjEtymology
Borrowed from Middle French comestible, or its source, Late Latin comestibilis, from Latin comedō (“to eat”), from com- (English com-) + edō (“I eat”) (as in English edible), from Proto-Indo-European (whence also English eat). Cognate with Spanish comestible (“grocery”). Attested as adjective in late 15th century, from Middle French, but fell from use in the 17th century, thence reintroduced from Modern French in 19th century. Corresponding terms in various Romance languages, more distant cognates include Portuguese and Spanish comida.
- derived from comedō
- derived from comestibilis
- borrowed from comestible
Definitions
Suitable to be eaten
Suitable to be eaten; edible.
- Some herbes are most comestible.
- What with freeze-dried chives costing $96 a pound, and those snipped fresh for the omelette from the potted garden on the kitchen ledge almost free, the bountiful begonia has given way in many apartments to more comestible greenery.
- Lestrade raised his mug in a loyal toast while Lady Pauline saw to the more comestible sort for breakfast.
Anything that can be eaten
Anything that can be eaten; food.
- Comestibles of all sorts came to view, and a smell of cooking spread itself among the trees.
- Both serve up, with no fanfare, country comestibles.
- For instance, a food ration can be polymorphed into a carrot, a tripe ration, or any other comestible.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for comestible. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA