sorbileadj.
/ˈsɔːbɪl/ a. That may be drunk or supped; liquid.
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the world > food and drink > drink > [adjective] > drinkable
potable?a1425
buvable1480
drinkable1611
potate1612
potulental1620
sorbile1620
poculent1626
potulent1657
potatory1828
the world > food and drink > food > consistency of food > [adjective] > suppable
suppable?c1475
supping1611
sorbile1620
1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 181 Moist and sorbile meats..are most profitable.
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 139 A sorbile egge clarifieth the voice.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. at Sop This most probably refers to sorbile food, what is vulgarly called spoon-meat.
b. That may be absorbed. rare.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical properties > [adjective] > capable of being absorbed
absorbable1779
sorbile1799
1799 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 289 The phænomena of combustion, respiration, &c. can with equal probability be accounted for..by the hypothesis..of a sorbile principle, or oxygen.
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