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English
Etymology
First attested in 1694. From Ancient Greek δύσπεπτος (dúspeptos, “difficult to digest”), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + πέπτω (péptō, “I digest”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
dyspeptic (comparative more dyspeptic, superlative most dyspeptic)
- (pathology, not comparable) Of, relating to, or having dyspepsia or indigestion.
1838 (date written), L E L, “(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
1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 23:He was a sallow, dyspeptic man, with a premature shock of grey hair, attached to the stage as an occupation but not a vocation. His only passion was gambling on the race-course, which was attended with perpetual bad luck, though that appeared to act as a stimulus rather than to dampen his fervour.
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of, relating to, or having dyspepsia
Noun
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.
1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 175:There is, for example, the hamburg-steak, of which the alliaceousness can seduce all but saints and the worst of dyspeptics.
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