dyspeptic
dyspeptic · dyspeptics
A dyspeptic personA dyspeptic person.
/dɪsˈpɛp.tɪk/
Meaning
1 sensesA dyspeptic person.
a person suffering from indigestion
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
First attested in 1694. From Ancient Greek δύσπεπτος (dúspeptos, “difficult to digest”), fFirst attested in 1694. From Ancient Greek δύσπεπτος (dúspeptos, “difficult to digest”), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + πέπτω (péptō, “to digest”).
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Forms
plural: dyspeptics| Singular | dyspeptic |
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Word family
3 related wordsSee also
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