indigestion

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Etymology

From Middle English indigestioun, from Old French indigestion, from Late Latin indigestio, by surface analysis, in- +‎ digestion.

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indigestion (usually uncountable, plural indigestions)

  1. A condition of heartburn, nausea, or other stomach-related pain, sometimes caused by eating too quickly.
    • 1917 February 12, “If You Knew What Foods?” (advertisement), in The Independent, volume 59, number 3558, New York: Independent Corporation, page 280:
      If you also knew how to combine foods—that is, what foods eaten together “set well,” you need never have indigestion, constipation or any of the headachy, stomachachy ills they lead to.

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin indigestiō.

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Noun

indigestion f (plural indigestions)

  1. indigestion
  2. (figuratively) overdose of, surfeit of something

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