• Eatworthy

    Origin

    From eat + -worthy.

    Full definition of eatworthy

    Adjective

    eatworthy

    1. Worthy of, or worth being eaten; suitable for consumption; edible.
      • 1985, Behaviorism: Volumes 13-14Fido believes that there is something eatworthy behind the triangle.
      • 1993, Scott M. Christensen, Dale R. Turner, Folk psychology and the philosophy of mind:When a creature thinks of something as eatworthy or chew-worthy, for example, it might move toward and ingest it; the creature does not have to wait for food to come to it ...
      • 2004, Jasper Fforde, Something Rotten:... positive and non-eatworthy perception of penguins in general?' 'Not insurmountable, sir. If you recall, we had a similar problem marketing baby seal burgers, and they are now one of our most popular lines.
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