comestibility

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

comestible +‎ -ity

Noun[edit]

comestibility (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being comestible.
    • 2013, Peter Cook, William Cook, Tragically I Was an Only Twin: The Comedy of Peter Cook, page 289:
      It is my job to test biscuits for comestibility and I do this by biting into them, tasting them for flavour and texture, and if the biscuit is satisfactory I allow another four million to go by.