单词 | meatable |
释义 | † meatableadj. Obsolete. 1. Generous or liberal in providing food. ΚΠ a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 239 (MED) This Edmund..was symple as the dowue..meteable to the nedy. 2. That can be used as food; edible. 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 1577 J. Dee Gen. Mem. Arte Nauig. 43 Good fresh Fish..though, then, not Meat-able, for Man,..yet, within short tyme after, they wold be. 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. xi. 36 These Meateable Rootes, Parsnep, Carrot, Skirrot, Radish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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