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swallowable, a.|ˈswɒləʊəb(ə)l|
[f. swallow v. + -able.]
Capable of being or fit to be swallowed (lit. and fig.).
1818Bentham Ch. Eng. Introd. 42 This altogether indigestible and scarcely swallowable morsel. 1846–9S. R. Maitland Ess., etc. 315 The reader, who for the first time meets with an anecdote in its hundredth edition, and its most mitigated and swallowable form. 1887Stevenson Let. 22 Aug., The berths are excellent, the pasture swallowable. |