inesculent

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/ɪnˈɛskjʊlənt/

adjective

inedible

OriginEnglish esculent ← Middle English in- ← Latin in- →
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Meanings

adjective
  1. inedible

    We could catch one, Tom said, and eat it raw. Though rats are as they say inesculent. The learned word bounced hollowly.

    1993, Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
inedible

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Englishesculent
  8. Englishinesculent

From in- + esculent.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

esculentin
Cite this entry
APA

inesculent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inesculent

MLA

“inesculent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inesculent. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inesculent,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inesculent.

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