Word Study
indigestible
CIDE DICTIONARY
- Not digestible; not readily soluble in the digestive juices; not easily convertible into products fitted for absorption. [1913 Webster]
- Not digestible in the mind; distressful; intolerable; as, an indigestible simile. T. Warton.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
indigestible, adj.
1 difficult or impossible to digest.
2 too complex or awkward to read or comprehend easily.
1 difficult or impossible to digest.
2 too complex or awkward to read or comprehend easily.
Derivative
indigestibility n. indigestibly adv.
Etymology
F indigestible or LL indigestibilis (as IN-(1), DIGEST)
ROGET THESAURUS
indigestible
Insalubrity
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