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comestible, a. and n.|kəˈmɛstɪb(ə)l|
Also 6 comestable, commestyble.
[a. F. comestible or ad. late L. comestibilis, f. comest- var. of comēs- ppl. stem of comedĕre to eat up, devour, f. com- altogether + edĕre to eat. The adj. appears to have become obs. in Eng. before 1688; but it has been reintroduced, in n. use, from French in 19th c.]
†A. adj. Fit to eat, edible, eatable. Obs.
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 39/4 All the metes of therthe that ben comestible. 1533–4Act 25 Hen. VIII, c. 11 §6 Any other fowle or their egges, not comestible. 1609Holland Amm. Marcel. xxxi. ix. 414 All things comestible were spent. 1683Salmon Doron Med. i. 314 Take a Comestible thing, as Flesh of Fowls, Beasts, Fishes, etc.
B. n. Anything to eat, an article of food; pl. eatables. (Usually somewhat humorous or affected.)
1837T. Hook Jack Brag xx, He resolved upon having a strong reinforcement of comestibles. 1848Lytton Harold vi. vi, Other not despicable comestibles. 1865M. E. Braddon Sir Jasper III. i. 5 Packing the comestibles. |