word of the day: dyspeptic

The word of the day is dyspeptic:

adjective

1. pertaining to, subject to, or suffering from dyspepsia.

2. gloomy, pessimistic, and irritable.

peptikós pertaining to digestion (dictionary.com)

"In the 'Trip' films, playing a version of himself, he's intelligent and dyspeptic, a man too clever to live by illusions but too ambitious to give them up.  He's dissatisfied with everything - his career, his relationship with his children, his waning sexual attractiveness - and he takes it out on his friend."

 - David Denby, "Lasting impressions: 'The Trip to Italy'", 1 September 2014 The New Yorker