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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.
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Comestibles
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Word Origin & History
comestible
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. (late 15c.) meaning "fit to eat" but seems to have fallen from
EXPANDuse 17c., and the word was reintroduced from Fr.
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