medible

English

Etymology

Blend of marijuana +‎ edible.

Noun

medible (plural medibles)

1. (informal) A marijuana edible.
   • 2010 October 18, Alicia Williamson, Grow Marijuana Now!: An Introductory, Step-by-Step Guide to Growing Cannabis, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

     Bear in mind that tinctures and medibles (edibles containing marijuana) use far more than ingestion by smoking.

   • 2013, David E. Newton, Marijuana: A Reference Handbook, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 202:

     “Medical Marijuana: More Than Just THC”; “Medibles: Cannabis 86 Cooking”; “NORML at 40-Years-Old”;  […]

   • 2013 September 17, Arthur Gillard, Medical Marijuana, Greenhaven Publishing LLC, →ISBN, page 95:

     Jonathan Martin, “Medical Marijuana: 'Medibles' Industry Thrives, Lacks Safety Regulations,” Seattle Times, October 7, 2012. http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019372300 _medibles08m.html.

   • 2014 August 6, Dr. Mark Sircus, Medical Marijuana, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:

     Experimenting with marijuana tinctures and edibles (medibles), while also continuing to immerse their daughter in social therapy, the parents saw rapid, significant improvements. They found specific profiles of CBD (cannabadiol), […]

   • 2015 October 26, Larry P. Tilley, Francis W. K. Smith, Jr., Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Canine and Feline, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 844:

     [...] is most common but homemade or commercial foods laced with concentrated marijuana (“medibles”) are gaining popularity.

Spanish

Etymology

From medir (“to measure”) +‎ -ible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈdible/ [meˈð̞i.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -ible
• Syllabification: me‧di‧ble

Adjective

medible m or f (masculine and feminine plural medibles)

1. measurable

   Synonym: mensurable

Further reading

• “medible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28