comestible

[ kuh-mes-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. edible; eatable.

noun

1. Usually comestibles. articles of food; edibles:

   The table was spread with all kinds of comestibles.

comestible

/ kəˈmɛstɪbəl /

noun

1. usually plural food

adjective

1. a rare word for edible

Word History and Origins

Origin of comestible¹

1475–85; < Late Latin comēstibilis, equivalent to Latin comēst ( us ), past participle of comedere to eat up ( comedo; -ēstus for -ēs ( s ) us by analogy with gestus, ūstus, etc.; combust ) + -ibilis -ible; eat

Word History and Origins

Origin of comestible¹

C15: from Late Latin comestibilis, from comedere to eat up; see comedo

Example Sentences

In one small but noticeable departure from the before times, the same server takes orders for both comestibles and combustibles instead of having separate servers for food and flower.

From Los Angeles Times

She concocted an ideal Sunday itinerary in which her cravings would guide her on a crosstown comestible spree.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s no small feat that Irie has managed to make the commingling of comestibles and combustibles feel so normal and so seamless, especially given how logistically challenging it was to pull off the location.

From Los Angeles Times

I’d think as I read yet another snarky paean to Fairway, another article on how to survive air travel on those harrowing flights to Italy with a few gourmet comestibles.

From Washington Post

“Labor and Leisure,” her McLean Project for the Arts show, consists of 14 lightboxes in which cutout figures encapsulate the stories of such comestibles as coffee, candy and corn syrup.

From Washington Post