dyspeptic
/dɪsˈpɛp.tɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.74 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, relating to, or having dyspepsia or indigestion.
noun
A dyspeptic person.
Example Sentences
- "...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."
- "If she was hot or cold or dyspeptic or at a loss for a word, she went to the book, and it told her which button to press."
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *pekʷ-, δύσπεπτος
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /dɪsˈpɛp.tɪk/