peptic (peptik)

and n. [ The whole not as dead stuff, but as living pabulum, tolerably nutritive for a mind as yet so peptic . Carlyle , Sartor Resartus, ii. 3. Peptic cells, the parietal or oxyntic cells of the cardiac glands. Peptic glands. See gland. II. n. A peptic substance; a digestive. peptical (pep'ti 'ti-kal), a. [ peptic + -al .] Same as peptic. pepticity (pep-tis'i-ti), n. [ eupepsia. A most cheery, jovial, buxom countenance, radiant with pepticity [and] good humour. Carlyle, Dr. Francia. peptics (pep'tiks), n. [Pl. of peptic: see- ics.] 1. The science or doctrine of digestion.-2. The digestive organs. [Colloq. or humorous.] Is there some magic in the place? Or do my peptics differ? Tennyson, Will Waterproof.