digestive

From Old French digestif, from Late Latin digestivus.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /daɪˈdʒɛstɪv/

digestive (comparative more digestive, superlative most digestive)

1. Of, relating to, or functioning in digestion.
2. That causes or promotes digestion.
   • Herman Melville, Omoo

     While the doctor and the natives were taking a digestive nap after dinner, I strolled forth to have a peep at the country which could produce so generous a meal.

digestive (plural digestives)

1. A substance that aids digestion.
2. (Britain, Ireland) A digestive biscuit.

   I bought a packet of chocolate digestives.

   I made a mistake and bought plain digestives instead of chocolate ones.

digestive

1. inflected form of digestiv

digestive

1. feminine plural of digestivo

dīgestīve

1. vocative masculine singular of dīgestīvus