digestibleadj.

/dɪˈdʒɛstɪb(ə)l/

/dʌɪˈdʒɛstɪb(ə)l/

Forms: Also Middle English–1800s -able.

Etymology: < French digestible (14th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin dīgestibilis , < dīgest- participial stem of dīgerĕre to digest v.

a. Capable of being digested or assimilated.

ΘΚΠ

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

digestiblec1405

defiablec1450

concoctible1574

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 439 His diete..was of no superfluytee But of greet norissynge and digestible.

1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. I Of a lash and yet grosse substance, not very digestible.

1609 W. B. tr. Philosophers Banquet i. vi. f. 9^v It is found more..digestable.

1826 Blackwood's Mag. 19 660 They can digest anything digestable.

1841 A. Combe Physiol. Digestion (ed. 3) ii. iv. 295 Albuminous aliments..are easily digestible and very nourishing.

figurative.1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xix. 101 The Romans..to make their Government digestible, were wont [etc.].

†b. Able to be concocted or matured by heat.

ΚΠ

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 2 In Ioyows Iulii, quhen the flouris suete, Degesteable engenered throu the heet, Baith erbe and froyte.

†2. That causes or promotes digestion (of food).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > [adjective]

digerent1477

digestive?1533

concoct1534

concoctive1578

concocting1620

digestible1651

peptic1651

digestative1657

concoquent1684

digestic1797

peptical1831

alimentive1835

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋295 By the vigour of the digestible, esurine, and depascent ferment.

†3. To be digested or prepared by the action of heat. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy v, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 62 Nethles heate of the digestible thinge, Helpeth digestion and her working.

Derivatives

diˈgestibleness n. quality of being digestible.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [noun] > digestibility

digestibleness1662

digestibility1740

1662 H. Stubbe Indian Nectar iii. 30 Its dissolving by the least fire..argues its facile digestibleness.

diˈgestibly adv. in a digestible form.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > [adverb]

atreet1340

intelligibly1564

discernibly1645

sensible1659

apprehensiblya1682

apprehensively1692

comprehensibly1755

pronouncedly1785

cognizably1855

digestibly1879

understandably1921

1879 G. Meredith Egoist I. Prel. 3 To give us those interminable milepost piles of matter in essence, in chosen samples, digestibly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	digestible
释义	digestibleadj. /dɪˈdʒɛstɪb(ə)l//dʌɪˈdʒɛstɪb(ə)l/ Forms: Also Middle English–1800s -able. Etymology: < French digestible (14th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin dīgestibilis , < dīgest- participial stem of dīgerĕre to digest v. 1. a. Capable of being digested or assimilated. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > digestible digestiblec1405 defiablec1450 concoctible1574 c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 439 His diete..was of no superfluytee But of greet norissynge and digestible. 1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. I Of a lash and yet grosse substance, not very digestible. 1609 W. B. tr. Philosophers Banquet i. vi. f. 9^v It is found more..digestable. 1826 Blackwood's Mag. 19 660 They can digest anything digestable. 1841 A. Combe Physiol. Digestion (ed. 3) ii. iv. 295 Albuminous aliments..are easily digestible and very nourishing. figurative.1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xix. 101 The Romans..to make their Government digestible, were wont [etc.]. †b. Able to be concocted or matured by heat. ΚΠ 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 2 In Ioyows Iulii, quhen the flouris suete, Degesteable engenered throu the heet, Baith erbe and froyte. †2. That causes or promotes digestion (of food). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > [adjective] digerent1477 digestive?1533 concoct1534 concoctive1578 concocting1620 digestible1651 peptic1651 digestative1657 concoquent1684 digestic1797 peptical1831 alimentive1835 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋295 By the vigour of the digestible, esurine, and depascent ferment. †3. To be digested or prepared by the action of heat. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy v, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 62 Nethles heate of the digestible thinge, Helpeth digestion and her working. Derivatives diˈgestibleness n. quality of being digestible. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [noun] > digestibility digestibleness1662 digestibility1740 1662 H. Stubbe Indian Nectar iii. 30 Its dissolving by the least fire..argues its facile digestibleness. diˈgestibly adv. in a digestible form. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > [adverb] atreet1340 intelligibly1564 discernibly1645 sensible1659 apprehensiblya1682 apprehensively1692 comprehensibly1755 pronouncedly1785 cognizably1855 digestibly1879 understandably1921 1879 G. Meredith Egoist I. Prel. 3 To give us those interminable milepost piles of matter in essence, in chosen samples, digestibly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.c1405
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