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comestible

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co⋅mes⋅ti⋅ble

  [kuh-mes-tuh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. edible; eatable.
–noun
2. Usually, comestibles. articles of food; edibles: The table was spread with all kinds of comestibles.
Origin:
1475–85; < LL comēstibilis, equiv. to L comēst(us), ptp. of comedere to eat up (see comedo; -ēstus for -ēs(s)us by analogy with gestus, ūstus, etc.; see gest1 , combust ) + -ibilis -ible; see eat
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co·mes·ti·ble   (kə-měs'tə-bəl)   
adj.  Fit to be eaten; edible.
n.  Something that can be eaten as food: meat, cheese, and other comestibles.

[French, from Old French, from Late Latin comēstibilis, from Latin comēstus, alteration (influenced by pōtus, drunk) of comēsus, past participle of comedere, to eat up : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + edere, to eat; see ed- in Indo-European roots.]
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Main Entry:  comestible
Part of Speech:  adj
Definition:  edible
Etymology:  Latin com- + -edere 'to eat'
Main Entry:  comestible
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  anything edible; food
Etymology:  Latin com- + -edere 'to eat'
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Word Origin & History

comestible  (n.)
1837, "article of food," from Fr. comestible, from L.L. comestibilis, from L. comestus, pp. of comedere "eat up, consume," from com- "thoroughly" + edere "to eat" (see edible). It was attested earlier as an adj. (1483) meaning "fit to eat" but seems to have fallen from use 17c., and the word was reintroduced from Fr.
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