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comestibility

comestibility noun: the quality of being comestible.

Noun

comestibility (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being comestible.
    • It is my job to test biscuits for comestibility and I do this by biting into them, tasting them for flavour and texture, and if the biscuit is satisfactory I allow another four million to go by.2013, Peter Cook, William Cook, Tragically I Was an Only Twin: The Comedy of Peter Cook, page 289

Origin of comestibility

From comestible + -ity.

Questions about comestibility

What does comestibility mean?
Comestibility means the quality of being comestible.
What part of speech is comestibility?
Comestibility is a noun.

Words near comestibility in the dictionary

  1. comess
  2. comessation
  3. comessations
  4. comest
  5. comest from
  6. comestibility
  7. comestible
  8. comestibles
  9. comestibly
  10. comet
  11. Comet Halley

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