Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective
- serving for or pertaining to digestion; having the function of digesting food: the digestive tract.
- promoting digestion.
noun
- a substance promoting digestion.
adjective
- relating to, aiding, or subjecting to digestiona digestive enzyme
noun
- a less common word for digestant
- short for digestive biscuit
late 14c., from Old French digestif (14c.), from Late Latin digestivus “pertaining to digestion,” from past participle stem of Latin digerere (see digest (n.)). From 1530s as an adjective. The noun in the French form digestif is attested from 1908.
adj.
- Of or relating to digestion.
n.
- A digestant.