{"id":4679,"date":"2019-11-29T02:33:03","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T02:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/?p=4679"},"modified":"2019-11-29T02:33:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T02:33:31","slug":"word-of-the-day-comestible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/2019\/11\/29\/word-of-the-day-comestible\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of the Day: Comestible"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mirriam-Webster Word of the Day for today is, somewhat\nappropriately, <em>comestible<\/em>. It can be\neither a noun or an adjective. As an adjective, comestible means \u201cedible\u201d or \u201ceatable.\u201d\nAs a noun, it means \u201cfood,\u201d though usually we find the plural instead of the\nsingular, as in \u201cWe enjoyed a variety of comestibles today.\u201d It is pronounced \/\nk\u0259\u02c8m\u025bs\u2009t\u0259\u2009b\u0259l \/. If you don\u2019t read IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet), the\nlittle upside down e in the 1<sup>st<\/sup>, 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, and 4<sup>th<\/sup>\nsyllables is called \u201cschwa,\u201d and it is an unstressed vowel sound that is\nbasically pronounced \u201cuh.\u201d Given that the vowels in each of those syllables are\ndifferent, the word is an illustration of the fact that in English, unstressed\nvowel sounds tend toward schwa. The vowel in the second syllable is a short \u201ce\u201d\nsound, as in <em>pet<\/em> or <em>bed<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etymonline.com\">www.etymonline.com<\/a>,\nthe noun enters the language in \u201c1837, \u2018article of food,\u2019 from French <em>comestible<\/em> (14c.), from Late Latin <em>comestibilis<\/em>, from Latin <em>comestus<\/em>, past participle of <em>comedere<\/em> \u2018eat up, consume,\u2019 from <em>com<\/em> \u2018with, together,\u2019 here \u2018thoroughly\u2019\n(see <strong>com-<\/strong>) + <em>edere<\/em> \u2018to eat\u2019 (from PIE root <strong>*ed<\/strong>&#8211;\n\u2018to eat\u2019). It was attested earlier as an adjective meaning \u2018fit to eat\u2019 but\nthis seems to have fallen from use 17c., and the word was reintroduced from\nFrench as a noun.\u201d So it existed in the language as an adjective, then dropped\nout of the language, and then reemerged as a noun, and now exists as both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today is Thanksgiving in the United States. On this day,\nmany of us give thanks for God\u2019s mercy in blessing us with material prosperity.\nWe celebrate this day by gathering together with family and eating, watching\nparades and football games, and eating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some people have a problem with all the consumption and the\nemphasis on non-Christian activities, but I don\u2019t. The fact is that Christians,\nand Jews before them, have long celebrated God\u2019s blessings by feasting. And it\nis not that American Christians are not generous\u2014we are, more generous than any\nother group of people in the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What about the football and parades? Yes, those are\nentertainments, but they grow out of the generosity of God to all of us,\nChristians, Jews, atheists, and everybody else. In the past, people didn\u2019t have\ntime for such entertainments because they were too busy hunting and gathering\nso that they could eat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My own belief about all those Old Testament laws, like the\n10 Commandments, is that they are designed to help us live in community. Don\u2019t\nkill people (because killing people doesn\u2019t help you live in community with\nothers). Don\u2019t covet your neighbor\u2019s stuff (because coveting other people\u2019s\nstuff doesn\u2019t help you live in community with others). Don\u2019t steal (because\nstealing from people doesn\u2019t help you live in community with others). Don\u2019t lie\nabout other people (because lying about people doesn\u2019t help you live in community\nwith others). Etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanksgiving is about living in community with God\u2019s\nblessing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I hope you had a blessed Thanksgiving, and that the\ncomestibles were to your liking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The picture is from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespruceeats.com\/classic-thanksgiving-menu-with-recipes-3061631\">https:\/\/www.thespruceeats.com\/classic-thanksgiving-menu-with-recipes-3061631<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mirriam-Webster Word of the Day for today is, somewhat appropriately, comestible. It can be either a noun or an adjective. 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