EUPEPSIA; EUPEPSY
Eu*pep"si*a, Eu*pep"sy, n. Etym: [NL. eupepsia, Fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Soundness of the nutritive or digestive organs; good concoction or digestion; — opposed to dyspepsia.
EUPEPTIC
Eu*pep"tic, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Of or pertaining to good digestion; easy of digestion; having a good digestion; as, eupeptic food; an eupeptic man. Wrapt in lazy eupeptic fat. Carlyle.
EUPHEMISM
Eu"phe*mism, n. Etym: [Gr. euphémisme. See Fame.] (Rhet.)
Defn: A figure in which a harts or indelicate word or expression is softened; a way of describing an offensive thing by an inoffensive expression; a mild name for something disagreeable.
EUPHEMISTIC; EUPHEMISTICAL
Eu`phe*mis"tic, Eu`phe*mis"tic*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to euphemism; containing a euphemism; softened in
expression.
— Eu`phe*mis"tic*al*ly, adv.
EUPHEMIZE
Eu"phe*mize, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Euphemized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Euphemizing.] Etym: [Gr.
Defn: To express by a euphemism, or in delicate language; to make use of euphemistic expressions.