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esculent

adj
/ˈɛskjʊlənt/UK/ˈɛskjələnt/US

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ēsculentus (“fit for eating, eatable, edible; good to eat, delicious; nourishing; full of food”) + English -ent (suffix forming adjectives with the sense of causing, doing, or promoting a certain action). Ēsculentus is derived from ēsca (“food; dish prepared for the table; bait”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”)) + -ulentus (suffix meaning ‘abounding in, full of’ forming adjectives).

  1. derived from *h₁ed-✻ — “to eat”
  2. learned borrowing from ēsculentus — “fit for eating, eatable, edible; good to eat, delicious; nourishing; full of food”

Definitions

  1. Suitable for eating

    Suitable for eating; eatable, edible.

    • [T]he Lacedæmonians, […] had proclaimed that any man that would, ſhould carry in Meale, Wine, Cheeſe, and all other eſculents neceſſary for a Siege, into the Iland, appointing for the ſame a great reward of ſiluer: […]
    • Now may you Tranſplant moſt ſorts of Eſculent, or Phyſical plants, &c.

  2. “Good enough to eat”

    “Good enough to eat”; attractive.

    • [H]ow could she have known that Harry had written in his notebook, shortly before he encountered her comely, esculent self, "Better that her neck should bear the traces of my loving teeth"? Better than what? One is afraid to ask.

  3. Something edible, especially a vegetable

    Something edible, especially a vegetable; a comestible.

    • Thou neuer hadſt in thy houſe to ſtay mens ſtomackes / A peece of Suffolke cheeſe, or Gammon of Bacon, / Or any eſculent, as the learned call it, / For their emolument, but ſheere drinke only.
    • They [the Essenes] faſted from meats, not only fleſh, but fiſh, and all other eſculents, but onely ſalt, bread, and herbs; but held not thoſe other meats unlawfull to bee eaten, from which they faſted.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. An edible mushroom.

      • [Morchella] esculentoides [is] similar to Morchella esculenta, a European esculent, whose name, appropriately, means "edible".

The neighborhood

Derived

esculentin, esculent swallow, inesculent

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for esculent. 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