Indigest
(In`di*gest"), n. Something indigested. [Obs.] Shak.
Indigested
(In`di*gest"ed), a. [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.
Indigestedness
(In`di*gest"ed*ness), n. The state or quality of being undigested; crudeness. Bp. Burnet.
Indigestibility
(In*di*gest`i*bil"i*ty) n. The state or quality of being indigestible; indigestibleness.
Indigestible
(In`di*gest"i*ble) a. [L. indigestibilis: cf. F. indigestible. See In- not, and Digest.]
1. Not digestible; not readily soluble in the digestive juices; not easily convertible into products fitted for
absorption.
2. Not digestible in the mind; distressful; intolerable; as, an indigestible simile. T. Warton.
— In`di*gest"i*ble*ness, n. — In`di*gest"i*bly, adv.
Indigestion
(In`di*ges"tion) n. [L. indigestio: cf. F. indigestion. See In- not, and Digest.] Lack of
proper digestive action; a failure of the normal changes which food should undergo in the alimentary
canal; dyspepsia; incomplete or difficult digestion.
Indigitate
(In*dig"i*tate) v. i. [Pref. in- in + L. digitus finger.] To communicate ideas by the fingers; to
show or compute by the fingers. [Obs.]
Indigitate
(In*dig"i*tate), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indigitated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Indigitating ] To point out
with the finger; to indicate. [Obs.]
The depressing this finger, . . . in the right hand indigitates six hundred.
Sir T. Browne. Indigitation
(In*dig`i*ta"tion) n. The act of pointing out as with the finger; indication. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
Indiglucin
(In`di*glu"cin) n. [Indican + glucin.] (Chem.) The variety of sugar (glucose) obtained from
the glucoside indican. It is unfermentable, but reduces Fehling's solution.
Indign
(In*dign") a. [L. indignus; pref. in- not + dignus worthy: cf. F. indigne. See Dignity.] Unworthy; undeserving; disgraceful; degrading.
Chaucer.
Counts it scorn to draw
Comfort indign from any meaner thing.
Trench. Indignance
(In*dig"nance In*dig"nan*cy) n. Indignation. [Obs.] Spenser.
