Definition of Edible

Economy

EDIBLE adjective

	Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Editor

Regular definition:

EDIBLE:
?ed?bl adj. & n. --adj. fit or suitable to be eaten (cf. EATABLE). --n. (in pl.) food. øøedibility n. [LL edibilis f. edere eat]

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