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adjective
1.
fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent.
noun
2.
Usually, edibles. edible substances; food.
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Edible
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Related forms
ed·i·bil·i·ty, ed·i·ble·ness, noun
non·ed·i·bil·i·ty, noun
non·ed·i·ble, adjective, noun
non·ed·i·ble·ness, noun
un·ed·i·ble, adjective
Synonyms
1. comestible, consumable.
1. comestible, consumable.
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Example Sentences
- Some peas are for shelling, some have edible pods, and others can be eaten either way.
- The edible root, which measures one and a half to two inches in length, resembles a dahlia tuber.
- Edible varieties probably first arose as random, sterile mutants.
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Word Origin & History
edible
1590s, from L.L. edibilis, from L. edere "to eat," from PIE base *ed- "to eat" (cf. Skt. admi "I eat;" Gk. edo "I eat;" Lith. edu "I eat;" Hittite edmi "I eat," adanna "food;" O.Ir. ithim "I eat;" Goth. itan, O.Frank., O.Swed., O.E. etan, O.H.G. essan "to eat;"
Avestan ad- "to eat;" Armenian utem "I
EXPANDeat;" O.C.S. jasti "to eat," Russian jest "to eat").
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