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comestible

[ kuh-mes-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. edible; eatable.


noun

  1. Usually comestibles. articles of food; edibles:

    The table was spread with all kinds of comestibles.

comestible

/ °ìəˈ³¾É›²õ³Ùɪ²úÉ™±ô /

noun

  1. usually plural food
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. a rare word for edible
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of comestible1

1475–85; < Late Latin ³¦´Ç³¾Å§²õ³Ù¾±²ú¾±±ô¾±²õ, equivalent to Latin ³¦´Ç³¾Å§²õ³Ù ( us ), past participle of comedere to eat up ( comedo; -ŧ²õ³Ù³Ü²õ for -ŧ²õ ( s ) us by analogy with gestus, Å«stus, etc.; combust ) + -ibilis -ible; eat
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of comestible1

C15: from Late Latin comestibilis, from comedere to eat up; see comedo
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In one small but noticeable departure from the before times, the same server takes orders for both comestibles and combustibles instead of having separate servers for food and flower.

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She concocted an ideal Sunday itinerary in which her cravings would guide her on a crosstown comestible spree.

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It’s no small feat that Irie has managed to make the commingling of comestibles and combustibles feel so normal and so seamless, especially given how logistically challenging it was to pull off the location.

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I’d think as I read yet another snarky paean to Fairway, another article on how to survive air travel on those harrowing flights to Italy with a few gourmet comestibles.

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“Labor and Leisure,†her McLean Project for the Arts show, consists of 14 lightboxes in which cutout figures encapsulate the stories of such comestibles as coffee, candy and corn syrup.

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