Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Good digestion.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Good digestion: opposed to dyspepsia.
Wiktionary
- n. Good digestion.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Med.) Soundness of the nutritive or digestive organs; good concoction or digestion; -- opposed to
dyspepsia .
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek εὔπεπτος ("easy of digestion"). (Wiktionary)
- Greek, from eupeptos, eupeptic; see eupeptic. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“For example, eucharist, eupepsia, eulogy... they are all good things.”
“The patron saint of its Chief is St. Pancreas and his eupepsia is reflected in his subordinates.”
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 1, 1920
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘eupepsia’.
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250 Extra Spelling Words
Some more words for intermediate and advanced spellers.
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tr(eu)th and goodness
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- “good, well,†-- from the Greek.
- in science, describes that which is “true, genuineâ€euchromatin, eucalyptus, eucaryote, eu-, euphemism, eutrophy, eunoia, euphobia, euphoria, eurotophobia, euphony, euploidy and 31 more...
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Spelling Bee list 2011
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Food for Thought
A breaded foray of words
lady, appanage, companion, penuche, pastille, pantry, panicle, panocha, pannier, panatela, panada, panada and 87 more...
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