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edible
English
Etymology
From Late Latin edibilis, from Latin ed? (“eat”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??d?b?l/, /??d?bl/
- (US) IPA(key): /??d?b?l/, /??d?bl/
- Rhymes: -?d?b?l, -?d?b?l
Adjective
edible (comparative more edible, superlative most edible)
- Capable of being eaten without harm; suitable for consumption; innocuous to humans.
- Capable of being eaten without disgust.
- 1957, Jane Van Zandt Brower, Experimental Stdies of Mimicry in Some North American Butterflies, in 1996, Lynne D. Houck, Lee C. Drickamer (editors), Foundations of Animal Behavior: Classic Papers with Commentaries, page 81,
- However, rather than try to place the Viceroy in a rigid, all-or-none category which implies more than the data show, the Viceroy is here considered more edible than its model, the Monarch, but initially less edible (except to C-2) than the non-mimetic butterflies used in these experiments.
- 2009, Ephraim Philip Lansky, Helena Maaria Paavilainen, Figs, page 4,
- This gets to the heart of the matter because, in the parthenogenic state, the fruits are more edible (though there are also apparently advantages to pollinated figs, which may be bigger and stronger) and the trees more productive from the human's point of view.
- 1957, Jane Van Zandt Brower, Experimental Stdies of Mimicry in Some North American Butterflies, in 1996, Lynne D. Houck, Lee C. Drickamer (editors), Foundations of Animal Behavior: Classic Papers with Commentaries, page 81,
Usage notes
edible is the most common term for “capable of being eaten”; eatable is rather informal, while comestible is relatively formal.
Synonyms
- comestible
- eatable
- eatworthy
Antonyms
- inedible
Coordinate terms
- drinkable, potable
- delectable
Translations
Noun
edible (plural edibles)
- Anything edible.
- In particular, an edible mushroom.
- Synonym: esculent
- In particular, an edible mushroom.
- (marijuana) a foodstuff, usually a baked good, infused with tetrahydrocannabinol from cannabutter etc.
Synonyms
- food
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “edible”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- belied, debile
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mackerel
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mæk??l/
- Hyphenation: mack?e?rel
Etymology 1
Middle English, from Old French maquerel. Further origin unknown.
Noun
mackerel (plural mackerel or mackerels)
- An edible fish of the family Scombridae, often speckled.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- scombral
- tuna
References
- mackerel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Scombridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Scombridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Etymology 2
From Middle English [Term?], from Old French maquerel, from Middle Dutch makelare, makelaer (“broker”) (> makelaar (“broker, peddler”)). See also French maquereau.
Noun
mackerel (plural mackerels)
- (obsolete) A pimp; also, a bawd.
- 1483, William Caxton, Magnus Cato, quoted in James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century, vol. 2, publ. by John Russell Smith (1847), page 536.
- […] nyghe his hows dwellyd a maquerel or bawde […]
- 1980, The Police Journal, Volume 53 (page 257) doi:10.1177/0032258X8005300305 (also available at Google books)
- NETTING MACKEREL: THE PIMP DETAIL
- 2006, Paul Crowley, Message-ID: <[email protected]> in humanities.lit.authors.shakespeare [1]
- A procurer or a pimp is a broker (or broker-between), a mackerel, or a pandar; the last is not necessarily-and, indeed, not usually-a professional.
- 2009, Jeffery Klaehn, Roadblocks to Equality, ?ISBN, (page 118) [2]
- You can't 'work' in a legal brothel without mackerel.
- 2012, J. Robert Janes, Mayhem, ?ISBN, [3]
- Perhaps, but my sources think the mackerel knew of this girl but she didn't know of him.
- 1483, William Caxton, Magnus Cato, quoted in James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century, vol. 2, publ. by John Russell Smith (1847), page 536.
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