indigestive

American  

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

adjective

1. accompanied by or suffering from indigestion; dyspeptic.

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indigestive British  

/ ˌɪndɪˈdʒɛstɪv /

adjective

1. relating to or suffering from indigestion; dyspeptic

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Etymology

Origin of indigestive

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

Example Sentences

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

There is a certain incomposite and indigestive vigor in the language of this play which makes the attribution of a principal share in its authorship neither utterly discreditable to Marston nor absolutely improbable in itself; and the satire aimed at Ben Jonson, if not especially relevant to the main action, is at all events less incongruous and preposterous in its relation to the rest of the work than the satirical or controversial part of Dekker's "Satiromastix."

From Project Gutenberg