consumptibleadj.n.

Brit.

/kənˈsʌm(p)tᵻbl/, U.S.

/kənˈsəm(p)təb(ə)l/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin consumptibilis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin consumptibilis perishable (6th cent.; earlier in sense ‘destructive’ (4th cent.)) < classical Latin consumpt- , past participial stem of consūmere consume v.¹ + -ibilis -ible suffix. Compare earlier consumable adj. With use as noun compare earlier consumable n.

A. adj.

= consumable adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > edible

conceivablec1443

serviceablea1475

comestible1483

eatable1483

consumable1547

receptible1574

meatable1577

consumptible1579

devourable1603

food-fit1608

edible1611

manducable1614

esculent1626

cibarious1656

mandible1656

deglutible1661

eduliousa1682

edule1699

swallowable1818

christena1838

touchable1845

munchable1868

gorgeable1883

noshable1966

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 51 Christ gaue inconsumptible meate, the sacramentaries giue consumptible meate. For they giue but bread.

1596 T. Bell Speculation Vsurie iii We must obserue..that of things some be consumptible, and some inconsumptible:..consumptible things are those, in which the dominion is transferred together with the vse.

1696 ‘Philopenes’ Usury Explain'd xiii. 80 Usury is not only for Mony, but also for other Consumptible Goods.

1886 Science 23 Apr. 376/2 The wordy strife about ‘fungible’ and ‘consumptible’ things continued for several centuries.

1948 P. Goodman Facts of Life (1979) 277 Historically, the early media of exchange were such things as cattle and salt, consumptible, digestible, assimilable.

1954 Amer. Catholic Sociol. Rev. 15 359 However envied American devices are, it is doubtless true that the plenitude of our consumptible goods is the basic one.

2000 F. A. Murphy Comedy of Revelation i. 16 Peisetaerus does have a sympathy for birds, as winged and warbling love-makers; and none at all for birds as consumptible pigeons.

B. n.

= consumable n.In quot. 1859: an item of food.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > using up, expending, or consuming > [noun] > that which is used up

consumptible1892

1859 Amer. Med. Gaz. Feb. 111 The relative digestibility of consumptibles.

1892 Athenæum 3 Sept. 318/3 The loan of a ‘consumptible’, such as money.

1950 Bull. Business Hist. Soc. 24 201 The distinction in Roman law between consumptibles, such as corn, that are consumed or spent in use; and fungibles, such as a house, that are not consumed in use.

1984 Sociol. Anal. 45 322 The Family's primitive communism was not of the ‘ascetic’ type, but rather included expensive consumptibles: stereos, guitars, dune buggies, weapons, drugs, and much else.

2004 W. W. Dunmire Gardens of New Spain iii. 64 Surpluses [of fruit], processed for long-term storage, were traded..in exchange for other consumptibles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	consumptible
释义	consumptibleadj.n. Brit. /kənˈsʌm(p)tᵻbl/, U.S. /kənˈsəm(p)təb(ə)l/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin consumptibilis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin consumptibilis perishable (6th cent.; earlier in sense ‘destructive’ (4th cent.)) < classical Latin consumpt- , past participial stem of consūmere consume v.¹ + -ibilis -ible suffix. Compare earlier consumable adj. With use as noun compare earlier consumable n. A. adj. = consumable adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > edible conceivablec1443 serviceablea1475 comestible1483 eatable1483 consumable1547 receptible1574 meatable1577 consumptible1579 devourable1603 food-fit1608 edible1611 manducable1614 esculent1626 cibarious1656 mandible1656 deglutible1661 eduliousa1682 edule1699 swallowable1818 christena1838 touchable1845 munchable1868 gorgeable1883 noshable1966 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 51 Christ gaue inconsumptible meate, the sacramentaries giue consumptible meate. For they giue but bread. 1596 T. Bell Speculation Vsurie iii We must obserue..that of things some be consumptible, and some inconsumptible:..consumptible things are those, in which the dominion is transferred together with the vse. 1696 ‘Philopenes’ Usury Explain'd xiii. 80 Usury is not only for Mony, but also for other Consumptible Goods. 1886 Science 23 Apr. 376/2 The wordy strife about ‘fungible’ and ‘consumptible’ things continued for several centuries. 1948 P. Goodman Facts of Life (1979) 277 Historically, the early media of exchange were such things as cattle and salt, consumptible, digestible, assimilable. 1954 Amer. Catholic Sociol. Rev. 15 359 However envied American devices are, it is doubtless true that the plenitude of our consumptible goods is the basic one. 2000 F. A. Murphy Comedy of Revelation i. 16 Peisetaerus does have a sympathy for birds, as winged and warbling love-makers; and none at all for birds as consumptible pigeons. B. n. = consumable n.In quot. 1859: an item of food. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > using up, expending, or consuming > [noun] > that which is used up consumptible1892 1859 Amer. Med. Gaz. Feb. 111 The relative digestibility of consumptibles. 1892 Athenæum 3 Sept. 318/3 The loan of a ‘consumptible’, such as money. 1950 Bull. Business Hist. Soc. 24 201 The distinction in Roman law between consumptibles, such as corn, that are consumed or spent in use; and fungibles, such as a house, that are not consumed in use. 1984 Sociol. Anal. 45 322 The Family's primitive communism was not of the ‘ascetic’ type, but rather included expensive consumptibles: stereos, guitars, dune buggies, weapons, drugs, and much else. 2004 W. W. Dunmire Gardens of New Spain iii. 64 Surpluses [of fruit], processed for long-term storage, were traded..in exchange for other consumptibles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1579
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