devourableadj.

Etymology: < devour v. + -able suffix: compare 16th cent. French devor-, devourable, Latin dēvorābilis.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: deˈvourable.

Capable of being devoured; consumable.

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

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > destroyed > capable of being destroyed

destroyable1552

devourable1603

destructible1755

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 116 A clear and undebauch'd appetite renders every thing sweet and delightful to a sound body, and devourable.

1615 S. Hieron Dignitie of Preaching in Wks. (1620) I. 602 Fier burnes vp..such as is deuourable by it.

1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 2 Any papers or other goods devourable by them are put up in chests of this wood.

1826 Blackwood's Mag. 19 335 The editors..seized on the devourable parts, and gave both islands a feast.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	devourable
释义	devourableadj. Etymology: < devour v. + -able suffix: compare 16th cent. French devor-, devourable, Latin dēvorābilis.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: deˈvourable. Capable of being devoured; consumable. 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 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > destroyed > capable of being destroyed destroyable1552 devourable1603 destructible1755 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 116 A clear and undebauch'd appetite renders every thing sweet and delightful to a sound body, and devourable. 1615 S. Hieron Dignitie of Preaching in Wks. (1620) I. 602 Fier burnes vp..such as is deuourable by it. 1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 2 Any papers or other goods devourable by them are put up in chests of this wood. 1826 Blackwood's Mag. 19 335 The editors..seized on the devourable parts, and gave both islands a feast. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1603
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