Inesculent

//ɪnˈɛskjʊlənt// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    inedible

    "We could catch one, Tom said, and eat it raw. Though rats are as they say inesculent. The learned word bounced hollowly."

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inedible

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"We could catch one, Tom said, and eat it raw. Though rats are as they say inesculent. The learned word bounced hollowly."

Etymology

From in- + esculent.

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