dyspeptic
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First attested in 1694. From Ancient Greek δύσπεπτος (dúspeptos, “difficult to digest”), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + πέπτω (péptō, “I digest”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪsˈpɛp.tɪk/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛptɪk
Adjective[edit]
dyspeptic (comparative more dyspeptic, superlative most dyspeptic)
- (pathology, not comparable) Of, relating to, or having dyspepsia or indigestion.
- 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, pages 272–273:
- ...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.
- (figuratively, comparable) Irritable or morose.
- Synonyms: bad-tempered, bilious, irritable, morose
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
- Sir Maurice made a rough, dyspeptic sound, as if chewing a mint.
Translations[edit]
of, relating to, or having dyspepsia
|
irritable or morose
|
Noun[edit]
dyspeptic (plural dyspeptics)
- A dyspeptic person.
- 1951 February, Forrest H. Howard, “The Physiologic Position for Delivery”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 2, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 98:
- 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.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
A dyspeptic person
|
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pekʷ-
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɛptɪk
- Rhymes:English/ɛptɪk/3 syllables
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- en:Pathology
- English terms with quotations
- English nouns
- English countable nouns