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ingestible

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables
in-gestible
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being ingested.

noun

Any substance that can be ingested.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English ingest Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English ingestible From ingest + -ible.

Inflected Forms

more ingestible (comparative) most ingestible (superlative) ingestibles (plural)

Derived Forms

uningestible

Frequently Paired Words

delicious insipid unpalatable

Synonyms

ingestible

Questions

What does ingestible mean?
Capable of being ingested.
Where does ingestible come from?
Etymology tree English ingest Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English ingestible From ingest + -ible.

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