inesculent en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɪnˈɛskjʊlənt/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English esculent English inesculent From in- + esculent.
Meanings
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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: