alible

/ˈæ.lɪ.bəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

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adj

"[…] Alible substances, of the most healthy kind, may then generate the same evils as would follow from a deficiency of food."
"For in the same way as this dew, by ulterior condensation and adhesion, becomes alible gluten and cambium, whence the parts of the body are constituted […]"

Learned borrowing from Latin alibilis, from alō (“feed, nourish”) + -ibilis (“-ible”). First attested in c. 1650.

more alible (comparative) most alible (superlative)

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How do you pronounce alible?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæ.lɪ.bəl/.

What does alible mean?

Nourishing.

Where does alible come from?

First known use: First attested in c. 1650.

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