esculent

esculent

⇒ESCULENT, ENTE, adj.
Rare. [En parlant d'un aliment] Qui est propre à la consommation et à la dégustation. (Quasi-)synon. comestible, savoureux, succulent. Elles [les huiles douces] ne sont esculentes qu'autant qu'elles sont unies à d'autres substances, et doivent surtout être regardées comme un assaisonnement (BRILLAT-SAV., Physiol. goût, 1825, p. 71). La bouillabaisse (...) esculente en toutes saisons (PONCHON, Muse cabaret, 1920, p. 145).
Prononc. :[], fém. [-], ou [e-]. Étymol. et Hist. 1825 (BRILLAT-SAV., op. cit., p. 29 : nous apprécions ce qui est sapide ou esculent). Empr. au lat. class. esculentus « bon à manger; succulent ». Fréq. abs. littér. :4. Bbg. DARM. 1877, p. 179.

esculent, ente [ɛskylɑ̃, ɑ̃t] adj.
ÉTYM. 1825, Brillat-Savarin; lat. esculentus, de esculus, de esca « nourriture ».
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♦ Didact. et vx. Qui a beaucoup de saveur. ⇒ Succulent.

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