|ində̇ˈjes(h)chən, -ˌdīˈ- noun
Etymology: Middle English indygestyon, from Middle French indigestion, from Late Latin indigestion-, indigestio, from Latin in- in- (I) + digestion-, digestio digestion — more at digestion
1. : inability to digest something or difficulty in digesting something:
a. : inability to assimilate or difficulty in assimilating food : incomplete or imperfect assimilation of food : dyspepsia
troubled with chronic indigestion
b. : inability to assimilate or difficulty in assimilating something other than food : incomplete or imperfect assimilation of something other than food
the uniform impression created everywhere … was staleness on the part of the teachers, indigestion on the part of the students — Benjamin Fine
2. : a case or attack of indigestion
spoke of various indigestions she had suffered — Booth Tarkington
a comment that I would get an indigestion from so much mental nourishment — Rafael Sabatini