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indigestive

American  
[in-di-jes-tiv, -dahy-] / ˌɪn dɪˈdʒɛs tɪv, -daɪ- /

adjective

  1. accompanied by or suffering from indigestion; dyspeptic.


indigestive British  
/ ˌɪndɪˈdʒɛstɪv /

adjective

  1. relating to or suffering from indigestion; dyspeptic

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of indigestive

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


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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

So, scorning indigestive ache, I count each anxious minute; Oh, waiter, hurry up that steak!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 12, 1891 by Various

There were two soups, three fishes, dozens of entrées, three or four joints—the mere memory of it is indigestive.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 13, 1891 by Various

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

From The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure by Edward Hooker Dewey

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 Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O by Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett) Reed

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