words out, words in

Paul McFedries lists at MCFEDRIES.COM
Fri Feb 2 11:34:23 UTC 2001


According to the OED, "comestible" as an adjective "appears to have become
obs. in Eng. before 1688; but it has been reintroduced, in n. use, From
French in 19th c." The adjective citations end at 1683 and the noun
citations begin at 1837, so we could possibly conclude that this word
dropped out of English for about 150 years.

Paul
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