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ingestible en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English ingest Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English ingestible From ingest + -ible.

Meanings

  1. Capable of being ingested.
    • None of the psychoactive ingredients show up on the Interior Ministry's list of banned ingestible substances. 2003 July 27, Jeff Israely, “High Times in Rome”, in Time:

Forms

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more ingestible Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most ingestible Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

uningestible

Hyponyms

drinkable · edible

Relateds

insipid · unpalatable · delicious

Synonyms

ingestible

ingestible en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English ingest Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English ingestible From ingest + -ible.

Meanings

  1. Any substance that can be ingested.

Forms

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ingestibles Number=Plur lexicographic