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 the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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