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Postby eberntson » Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:34 pm

–adjective 1. suitable for use as food; edible.
–noun 2. something edible, esp. a vegetable.
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[Origin: 1615–25; < L ésculentus edible, full of food, equiv. to ésc(a) food (cf. escarole) + -ulentus -ulent]

e.g. esculent mushrooms
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Postby sluggo » Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:08 am

Not to (but will) be confused with its cousin, esurient.

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Postby Slava » Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:25 am

So I guess esculent comestibles would be a repetitive redundancy.
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Postby sluggo » Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:10 am

So I guess esculent comestibles would be a repetitive redundancy.
Guess so. Also too would "esuriently peckish".
Not that anyone's ever said that (or ever will again), but that's the beauty of having 50,000 words in one's arsenal: originals galore.

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Postby Perry » Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:29 pm

I suppose to label a dinner esculent would be to damn it with faint praise (with only the chosen few understanding that one didn't mean to say excellent).
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Postby sluggo » Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:13 pm

I suppose to label a dinner esculent would be to damn it with faint praise (with only the chosen few understanding that one didn't mean to say excellent).
Aye, and without quite touching the subtlety of describing a woman as "easy on the eyes".

A godzillion years ago on Candid Camera Allen Funt did a bit where a restaurant advertised an "exiguous steak" on their menu, just to watch customers' reactions when served.

...not that I'd remember that personally, I uh, read it somewhere maybe...
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