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deˈvourable, a.
[f. devour v. + -able: cf. 16th c. F. devor-, devourable, L. dēvorābilis.]
Capable of being devoured; consumable.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. ii. 116 (L.) A clear and undebauch'd appetite renders every thing sweet and delightful to a sound body, and devourable. 1615Hieron Wks. I. 602 Fier burnes vp..such as is deuourable by it. 1725Sloane Jamaica II. 2 Any papers or other goods devourable by them are put up in chests of this wood. 1826Blackw. Mag. XIX. 335 The editors..seized on the devourable parts, and gave both islands a feast. |