Obs. Also 6–7 bradypepsie, 7 bradio-, bradupepsia, bradyspepsy. [ad. Gr. βραδυπεψία, f. βραδύ-ς slow + πέψ-ις cooking, digestion: cf. Fr. bradypepsie.] Slowness of digestion. (Freq. in 17th c.)
1598. Sylvester, Du Bartas (1621), 210. The dog-hunger or the bradypepsie.
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, II. xvii. 429. Bradupepsia, is when meat is long in digesting.
1710. T. Fuller, Pharm. Extemp., 397. A bitter colluvies brings Queasiness … Bradypepsy.
