esculent
adjective
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One appealing thing about esculent is that this word, which comes from the Latin for food (esca), has been around for over 375 years. If we give you just one more tidbit of etymology-that esca is from Latin edere, which means "to eat"-can you pick which of the following words is NOT related to esculent? Comestible, edacious, edible, escalade, escarole, or obese. Comestible (meaning "edible"), edacious (meaning "voracious"), edible, escarole (a type of salad green), and obese are all descendants of edere. Only escalade (meaning "an act of scaling walls") doesn't belong on the list. It descends from the Italian scalare, meaning "to scale."
Synonyms
- comestible
- eatable
- eating
- edible
Example Sentences
Word History
Latin esculentus, from esca food, from edere to eat — more at eat
1626, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
esculent
adjective
esculent
adjective
Synonyms & Similar Words
- edible
- eating
- eatable
- comestible
- delicious
- nutritive
- flavorful
- nutritious
- absorbable
- nourishing
- digestible
- succulent
- toothsome
- ingestible
- tasty
- appetizing
- swallowable
- chewable
- savoury
- savory
- toothy
- palatable
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- inedible
- uneatable
- nonedible
- indigestible
- undigestible
- nondigestible
- nonnutritious
- reinfestations
- reinflate
- reinflated
- reinflates
- reinflating
- reinflation
- reinflations
- reinforce
- reinforceable
- reinforced
- reinforced bow
- reinforced concrete
- reinforcement
- reinforcements
- reinforcer
- reinforcers
- reinforces
- reinforcing
- reinforcing agent
- reinform
- reinformed
- reinforming
- reinforms
- reinfunded
- reinfunding