edibleadj.n.

/ˈɛdɪb(ə)l/

Etymology: < late Latin edibilis, < edĕre to eat.

A. adj.

Eatable, fit to be eaten.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > edible

conceivablec1443

serviceablea1475

comestible1483

eatable1483

consumable1547

receptible1574

meatable1577

consumptible1579

devourable1603

food-fit1608

edible1611

manducable1614

esculent1626

cibarious1656

mandible1656

deglutible1661

eduliousa1682

edule1699

swallowable1818

christena1838

touchable1845

munchable1868

gorgeable1883

noshable1966

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ouë, the paunch, and intralls of edible creatures.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia sig. c5 The head, is edible..of the cow, calfe, etc.

1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. iii. 219 The Edible Snail or Helix pomatia.

1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 104 Everything edible was brought up.

B. n.

An eatable substance, an article of food (chiefly in plural).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > [noun] > edible material or part

victualc1374

meat?a1425

mealc1547

esculent1633

edible1661

edule1699

scran1808

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia sig. c4^v Birds, fishes, and other edibles.

1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. i. 114 Impositions upon Edibles.

1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 357 The delightful hampers of edibles and drinkables.

1864 Daily Tel. 23 Dec. What will be the effect of the introduction of this new edible?

Derivatives

edibleness n. = edibility n.

ΚΠ

1772 in J. N. Scott Bailey's Dict.

1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in mod. Dicts.

Draft additions September 2008

edible frog n. a European frog, Rana esculenta, with highly variable colouring which is a hybrid between the marsh frog, R. ridibunda, and the pool frog, R. lessonae, and is considered a delicacy in some countries; cf. green frog n. (b) at green adj. and n.¹ Compounds 1d(b).

ΚΠ

1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) III. iii. 13 Edible frog... Rana esculenta Lin.

1887 Classical Rev. 1 20 The Greek frog..is the Rana esculenta, the edible frog of southern Europe.

1999 Eng. Nature Jan. 11/3 The invasive Australian swamp stonecrop will join other undesirable non-native species such as edible frog, imported crayfish and Alpine newt.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	edible
释义	edibleadj.n. /ˈɛdɪb(ə)l/ Etymology: < late Latin edibilis, < edĕre to eat. A. adj. Eatable, fit to be eaten. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > edible conceivablec1443 serviceablea1475 comestible1483 eatable1483 consumable1547 receptible1574 meatable1577 consumptible1579 devourable1603 food-fit1608 edible1611 manducable1614 esculent1626 cibarious1656 mandible1656 deglutible1661 eduliousa1682 edule1699 swallowable1818 christena1838 touchable1845 munchable1868 gorgeable1883 noshable1966 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ouë, the paunch, and intralls of edible creatures. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia sig. c5 The head, is edible..of the cow, calfe, etc. 1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. iii. 219 The Edible Snail or Helix pomatia. 1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 104 Everything edible was brought up. B. n. An eatable substance, an article of food (chiefly in plural). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > [noun] > edible material or part victualc1374 meat?a1425 mealc1547 esculent1633 edible1661 edule1699 scran1808 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia sig. c4^v Birds, fishes, and other edibles. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. i. 114 Impositions upon Edibles. 1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 357 The delightful hampers of edibles and drinkables. 1864 Daily Tel. 23 Dec. What will be the effect of the introduction of this new edible? Derivatives edibleness n. = edibility n. ΚΠ 1772 in J. N. Scott Bailey's Dict. 1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in mod. Dicts. Draft additions September 2008 edible frog n. a European frog, Rana esculenta, with highly variable colouring which is a hybrid between the marsh frog, R. ridibunda, and the pool frog, R. lessonae, and is considered a delicacy in some countries; cf. green frog n. (b) at green adj. and n.¹ Compounds 1d(b). ΚΠ 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) III. iii. 13 Edible frog... Rana esculenta Lin. 1887 Classical Rev. 1 20 The Greek frog..is the Rana esculenta, the edible frog of southern Europe. 1999 Eng. Nature Jan. 11/3 The invasive Australian swamp stonecrop will join other undesirable non-native species such as edible frog, imported crayfish and Alpine newt. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1611
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