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eatable

adj
/ˈiːtəbəl/

Etymology

From eat + -able (“able, capable”). Doublet of edible.

  1. inherited from *h₁édti✻
  2. inherited from *etaną✻ — “to eat”
  3. inherited from *etan✻
  4. inherited from etan — “to eat”
  5. inherited from eten
  6. suffixed as eatable — “eat + able”

Definitions

  1. Able to be eaten

    Able to be eaten; edible.

    • The contents of the pan began to boil, and he turned to plunge his hand into the bowl; I conjectured that this preparation was probably for our supper, and, being hungry, I resolved it should be eatable;
    • When the seeds are larger, softer, and more eatable, they are protected by an excessively hard and stony covering, as in the plum and peach tribe ; or they are enclosed in a tough horny core, as with crabs and apples.
    • Their diet includes practically everything eatable they can capture or kill.

  2. Anything edible

    Anything edible; food.

    • The Excise which is laid very high throughout all Sicily, especially upon all eatables and wearing apparel is usually there […]
    • Ecod, your worship, I never have courage till I see the eatables and drinkables brought upo’ the table, and then I’m as bauld as a lion.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for eatable. 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