peptic
(adjective) relating to or promoting digestion; “peptic juices”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
peptic (comparative more peptic, superlative most peptic)
Of, pertaining to, capable of, or aiding digestion.
Of or pertaining to pepsin.
peptic (plural peptics)
An agent that promotes digestion.
(in the plural) The digestive organs.
Is there some magic in the place, / Or do my peptics differ?
Source: Wiktionary
Pep"tic, a. Etym: [L. pepticus, Gr. Pepsin.]
1. Relating to digestion; promoting digestion; digestive; as, peptic sauces.
2. Able to digest. [R.] Tolerably nutritive for a mind as yet so peptic. Carlyle.
3. (Physiol. Chem.)
Definition: Pertaining to pepsin; resembling pepsin in its power of digesting or dissolving albuminous matter; containing or yielding pepsin, or a body of like properties; as, the peptic glands.
Pep"tic, n.
1. An agent that promotes digestion.
2. pl.
Definition: The digestive organs. Is there some magic in the place, Or do my peptics differ Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 January 2025
(noun) either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
