comestible
pronunciation
How to pronounce comestible in British English:
UK [kəˈmestɪbl]
How to pronounce comestible in American English:
US [kəˈmɛstəbəl]
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- Noun:
- any substance that can be used as food
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- Adjective:
- suitable for use as food
Word Origin
- comestible
- comestible: see eat
- comestible (n.)
- 1837, "article of food," from French comestible (14c.), from Late Latin comestibilis, from Latin comestus, past participle of comedere "eat up, consume," from com- "thoroughly" (see com-) + edere "to eat" (see edible). It was attested earlier as an adjective (late 15c.) meaning "fit to eat" but seems to have fallen from use 17c., and the word was reintroduced from French.
Example
- 1. Study on mineral elements in comestible fungus .
- 2. At this moment , flew a crow , think soap is comestible thing , be held readily .
- 3. Deepen as what current system reforms commissariat , how does grain do industrial businesstowalk out of predicament without policy meal comestible ?