eupeptic

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Hurrying homeward, they were obliged to decline another invitation from the Duchess at Weimar; and, making for Guntershausen, performed the fatiguing journey from there to Aix-la-Chapelle in one day, i.e. travelling often in slow trains from 4 A.M. to 7 P.M., a foolish feat even for the eupeptic.

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  1. adjective Relating to or having good digestion.
  2. adjective Conducive to digestion.
  3. adjective Cheerful; happy.

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  1. From Greek eupeptos : eu-, eu- + peptein, to digest; see pekw- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Greek εὐπεπτος, easy of digestion, having a good digestion: see eupepsia.
 

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/juˈpɛptɪk/
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