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dyspeptic

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9 lettersPronunciation /dɪsˈpɛp.tɪk/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted cdeippstyStarts with DEnds with C0 clues
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Definitions

  1. irritable as if suffering from indigestion

Word origin

First attested in 1694. From Ancient Greek δύσπεπτος (dúspeptos, “difficult to digest”), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + πέπτω (péptō, “to digest”).

Used in a sentence

  • Sir Maurice made a rough, dyspeptic sound, as if chewing a mint.
  • 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.
  • 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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