indigestive

[ in-di-jes-tiv, -dahy- ]

adjective

1. accompanied by or suffering from indigestion; dyspeptic.

indigestive

/ ˌɪndɪˈdʒɛstɪv /

adjective

1. relating to or suffering from indigestion; dyspeptic

Word History and Origins

Origin of indigestive¹

First recorded in 1625–35; in- ³ + digestive

Example Sentences

She was a cousin,—an indigestive single woman, who called her rigidity religion, and her liver love.

From Literature

He expresses adoration for his wife with indigestive grunts and coddles his daughter by saying "Such a very red little rose."

From Time Magazine Archive

If they nourish the sick, why not feed the well; why not abolish our kitchens at an immense saving in the time, expense, and worry of cooking, and live on them at an immense saving of the tax of digestion and the indigestive processes?

From Project Gutenberg

Digestive, indigestive torpor is also torpor of the sense of responsibility.

From Project Gutenberg

I think that, after all, when we look back upon a hundred years through which the country has passed, the vista is not so disheartening as to the indigestive fancy it might at first appear.

From Project Gutenberg