dyspeptic
adj/dɪsˈpɛp.tɪk/UK
Etymology
First attested in 1694. From Ancient Greek δύσπεπτος (dúspeptos, “difficult to digest”), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + πέπτω (péptō, “to digest”).
- derived from δύσπεπτος
Definitions
Of, relating to, or having dyspepsia or indigestion.
- ...but Lady Anne could not be deceived—in five years' time he would become dyspeptic, be surrounded by physicians, consigned to all the Badens in Germany, and think much more of a renovating draught than a beautiful young wife.
Irritable or morose.
- Sir Maurice made a rough, dyspeptic sound, as if chewing a mint.
A dyspeptic person.
- Medical management of peptic ulcers is employed along with psychotherapy to greater advantage than the multitude of operations employed twenty years ago for the unfortunate dyspeptic.
- There is, for example, the hamburg-steak, of which the alliaceousness can seduce all but saints and the worst of dyspeptics.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for dyspeptic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA