swallowableadj.
/ˈswɒləʊəb(ə)l/ Capable of being or fit to be swallowed (literal and figurative).
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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 mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > credibility > [adjective]
leaffulc1275
levelya1300
trowablea1340
believablea1382
leveable1382
credible?c1400
creable1480
faithworthy?1526
creditworthy1554
credent?a1579
creditable1594
persuadable1617
persuasible1638
swallowable1818
1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism Introd. 42 This altogether indigestible and scarcely swallowable morsel.
1846–9 S. R. Maitland Ess. 315 The reader, who for the first time meets with an anecdote in its hundredth edition, and its most mitigated and swallowable form.
1887 R. L. Stevenson Let. 22 Aug. The berths are excellent, the pasture swallowable.
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