stomachal

English

Etymology

From stomach +‎ -al, compare French stomacal.

Adjective

stomachal (comparative more stomachal, superlative most stomachal)

  1. Of or relating to the stomach; gastric.
  2. (obsolete) Helping the stomach; stomachic; cordial.
    • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 120:
      Then shall you be presented with a cup of claret hypocras, which is right healthful and stomachal.

Noun

stomachal (plural stomachals)

  1. (obsolete) A stomachic.[1]

References

  1. ^
    1839, Robley Dunglison, “STOMACHAL”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, […], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., →OCLC:

Interlingua

Adjective

stomachal (not comparable)

  1. stomachal
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