conˈsumptible, a. and n.
(kənˈsʌm(p)tɪb(ə)l)
[f. L. consumpt- ppl. stem of consūmĕre + -ble.]
† A. adj. Capable of being consumed, consumable. Obs.
| 1579 Fulke Heskins' Parl. 51 Christ gaue inconsumptible meate, the sacramentaries giue consumptible meate. For they giue but bread. |
B. n. Any object whose use renders it consumed, worn out, or decayed.
| 1892 Athenæum 3 Sept. 318/3 The loan of a ‘consumptible’, such as money. 1894 Palgrave Dict. Pol. Econ. s.v. Consumptibles. The loaf which is eaten on the day of baking, the Suez Canal which will last, it is hoped, for centuries, are both consumptibles. |