comestible

comparative more comestible · superlative most comestible

1. Suitable to be eaten; edible.First known use 15th c.

   Some herbes are most comestible.

   1536, Thomas Elyot, Castell of Helth

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   What with freeze-dried chives costing $96 a pound, and those snipped fresh for the omelette from the potted garden on the kitchen ledge almost free, the bountiful begonia has given way in many apartments to more comestible greenery.

   1972 March 6, Richard W. Langer, “Sage, Rosemary and Thyme: Growing Your Own Fresh Herbs”, in New York, page 40

   Lestrade raised his mug in a loyal toast while Lady Pauline saw to the more comestible sort for breakfast.

   1993, M. J. Trow, Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring, published 2000, page 112

   From the palm nut we derive palm oil, the most comestible oil in our country and in the whole of Africa.

   2007, Rene Simo, The Little Gringo: Love and Martyrdom in Cameroon, page 12

   Synonyms: eatable, edible, esculent

plural comestibles

1. in pluralAnything that can be eaten; food.First known use 19th c.

   Both serve up, with no fanfare, country comestibles.

   1986 February, Joan Fox, “Restaurants: Just Like Mama Used to Cook”, in Cincinnati Magazine, page 116

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   Comestibles of all sorts came to view, and a smell of cooking spread itself among the trees.

   1910, Frank Richards, The Greyfriar′s Picnic

   For instance, a food ration can be polymorphed into a carrot, a tripe ration, or any other comestible.

   June 4ᵗʰ, 1989, “Pete Granger” (username), Hack Tutorial, Part 03/03, rec.games.hack

   Precisely that, for example, homemade food, craft pottery, rough-hewn wood furniture, and consumption of comestibles in a barn, are not the usual daily experience is the reason it is fun, enticing and a contrast for a person when on holiday.

   2003, Priscilla Boniface, Tasting Tourism: Travelling for Food and Drink, page 74

   Synonyms: foodstuff, sustenance, victuals, aliment, bait, belly-timber, chow, comestibles