inconsumable

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"WHEN the identical loan is to be returned, as a book, a horse, a harpsichord, it is called inconsumable; in opposition to corn, wine, money, and those things which perish"
"All things that do not lose their substance by use are classified as inconsumable."
"It indeed seems that compliments, words, and endearments, just like hoardable goods and inconsumable goods, can be considered here in terms of objects in circulation, caught up in a general system of exchange, be that system societywide or between individuals."
"An importance of this classification to Lithuanian property law can be illustrated by the example that has already been mentioned in the context of the classification of things into immovables and movables—only inconsumable movables may be the object of the usufruct."
"The only thing inconsumable is the surface of the earth."
"ever still Burning, yet ever inconsumable:"

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmōder. Old French consumerbor. Middle English consumen English consume Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English consumable English inconsumable From in- + consumable.

inconsumably