biteable
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English bitable, equivalent to bite + -able.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editbiteable (comparative more biteable, superlative most biteable)
- Capable of being bitten.
- 1900 December – 1901 August, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, The First Men in the Moon, London: George Newnes, […], published 1901, →OCLC:
- The confounded stuff certainly looked of a biteable texture. Then it seemed to me that it smelt rather well. I picked up a fragment and sniffed at it.