INDIGESTED

Etymology

Adjective

indigested (comparative more indigested, superlative most indigested)

(now, rare) Not resolved; not regularly disposed and arranged; unmethodical, crude.

Not digested in the stomach; undigested.

(medicine, obsolete) Of wounds: not in a state suitable for healing; (specifically) of an abscess or its contents: not ripened or suppurated.

Source: Wiktionary


In`di*gest"ed, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + digested.]

1. Not digested; undigested. "Indigested food." Dryden.

2. Not resolved; not regularly disposed and arranged; not methodical; crude; as, an indigested array of facts. In hot reformations . . . the whole is generally crude, harsh, and indigested. Burke. This, like an indigested meteor, appeared and disappeared almost at the same time. South.

3. (Med.) (a) Not in a state suitable for healing; -- said of wounds. (b) Not ripened or suppurated; -- said of an abscess or its contents.

4. Not softened by heat, hot water, or steam.

INDIGEST

In`di*gest", a. Etym: [L. indigestus unarranged. See Indigested.]

Definition: Crude; unformed; unorganized; undigested. [Obs.] "A chaos rude and indigest." W. Browne. "Monsters and things indigest." Shak.

In`di*gest", n.

Definition: Something indigested. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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