comestionn.

Brit.

/kəˈmɛstʃ(ə)n/, U.S.

/kəˈmɛstʃən/

Forms: 1500s comestione, 1500s commestione, 1500s–1600s commestion, 1600s–1700s 1900s– comestion.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin comestion-, comestio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin comestion-, comestio action of eating (5th cent.), food (6th cent.), devouring action of fire (1631 in the passage translated in quot. 1650) < classical Latin comest- , variant of comēs- , past participial stem of comedere to eat up, consume (see comestible adj.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Middle French, French comestion action of eating (13th cent. in Old French).

Now archaic and rare.

The action of eating; an instance of this. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > [noun]

meatshiplOE

eatingc1175

dietingc1400

foodc1450

feedingc1475

manducationa1513

bit1523

comestion1595

repast1598

victitation1598

trencheringa1612

cibation1651

oneration1651

esure1657

grubbing1819

noshinga1941

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > devouring action of fire

comestion1595

1595 A. Copley tr. R. de Cota Loves Owle sig. C2, in Wits Fittes & Fancies The appetite that is foregon With ouer-sweet commestion, Tart meates recouer it againe From out that ouer-fed famine. [No corresponding word in the Spanish original.]

a1620 J. Dyke Divers Select Serm. (1640) 263 There must be a manducation, a comestion of the Word.

1650 E. Ashmole tr. A. Dee Fasciculus Chemicus vii. 107 Let it be delivered to insatiable Comestion [L. comestioni], that being by degrees..burnt into Ashes.

1707 J. Dunton Athenian Sport ix. 28/2 A true Comestion is accompanied with a Gust or Taste.

1979 PS. 12 198 The Washington Restaurant: A Socio-Economic Comestion Strategy.

2008 N. Stephenson Anathem x. 693 Often we must interrupt our comestion with actual talk.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	comestion
释义	comestionn. Brit. /kəˈmɛstʃ(ə)n/, U.S. /kəˈmɛstʃən/ Forms: 1500s comestione, 1500s commestione, 1500s–1600s commestion, 1600s–1700s 1900s– comestion. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin comestion-, comestio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin comestion-, comestio action of eating (5th cent.), food (6th cent.), devouring action of fire (1631 in the passage translated in quot. 1650) < classical Latin comest- , variant of comēs- , past participial stem of comedere to eat up, consume (see comestible adj.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Middle French, French comestion action of eating (13th cent. in Old French). Now archaic and rare. The action of eating; an instance of this. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > [noun] meatshiplOE eatingc1175 dietingc1400 foodc1450 feedingc1475 manducationa1513 bit1523 comestion1595 repast1598 victitation1598 trencheringa1612 cibation1651 oneration1651 esure1657 grubbing1819 noshinga1941 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > devouring action of fire comestion1595 1595 A. Copley tr. R. de Cota Loves Owle sig. C2, in Wits Fittes & Fancies The appetite that is foregon With ouer-sweet commestion, Tart meates recouer it againe From out that ouer-fed famine. [No corresponding word in the Spanish original.] a1620 J. Dyke Divers Select Serm. (1640) 263 There must be a manducation, a comestion of the Word. 1650 E. Ashmole tr. A. Dee Fasciculus Chemicus vii. 107 Let it be delivered to insatiable Comestion [L. comestioni], that being by degrees..burnt into Ashes. 1707 J. Dunton Athenian Sport ix. 28/2 A true Comestion is accompanied with a Gust or Taste. 1979 PS. 12 198 The Washington Restaurant: A Socio-Economic Comestion Strategy. 2008 N. Stephenson Anathem x. 693 Often we must interrupt our comestion with actual talk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1595
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