ETYMOLOGY
from Latin edulis, from edere (to eat)
EXAMPLE
“…That the Prodigal Son desired to eat of Husks given unto Swine, will hardly pass in your apprehension for the Husks of Pease, Beans, or such edulious Pulses; as well understanding that the textual word or Ceration, properly intendeth the Fruit of the Siliqua Tree so common in Syria, and fed upon by Men and Beasts…”
From: Certain Miscellany Tracts
By Sir Thomas Brown, a1682
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