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English
Etymology
From Latin indigestus (“unarranged”).
Adjective
indigest (comparative more indigest, superlative most indigest)
- (obsolete) Crude; undigested; upset; unformed; unorganized.
1605 (first performance), Ben Jonson, Ben: Ionson His Volpone or The Foxe, : [George Eld] for Thomas Thorppe, published 1607, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet Archive page):To fortify the most indigest and crude stomach, ay, were it of one that, through extreme weakness, vomited blood, applying only a warm napkin to the place, after the unction and fricace
1613, William Browne, “The Third Song”, in Britannia’s Pastorals. , London: Geo Norton, , →OCLC, page 46:Me thinkes a troubled thought is thus expreſt, / To be a Chaos rude and indigeſt: […]
Derived terms
Noun
indigest (plural indigests)
- (rare) (Can we verify(+) this sense?) Something indigested; a crude mass, or disordered state of affairs.
c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Be of good comfort (Prince) for you are borne
To ſet a forme vpon that indigeſt
1805, E. H. Seymour, Remarks upon the plays of Shakespeare, London, page 3:The other, more compendious as well as mischievous class of errors, are those indigests of grammar, […]
1965, Carlyle Ferren MacIntyre, Tiger of time, and other poems, New York: Trident Press, page 56:Begotten from greedy indigests of pride
which rotted inside
Verb
indigest (third-person singular simple present indigests, present participle indigesting, simple past and past participle indigested)
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French indigeste, from Latin indigestus. Equivalent to in- + digest.
Adjective
indigest m or n (feminine singular indigestă, masculine plural indigești, feminine and neuter plural indigeste)
- indigestible
Declension