dropsical
[ drop-si-kuhl ]
adjective
of, like, or affected with dropsy.
Origin of dropsical
1Other words from dropsical
- drop·si·cal·ly, adverb
- drop·si·cal·ness, noun
- non·drop·si·cal, adjective
- non·drop·si·cal·ly, adverb
- un·drop·si·cal, adjective
Words Nearby dropsical
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How to use dropsical in a sentence
It weighed several tons, and its tyres were like dropsical life-belts.
A Boswell of Baghdad | E. V. LucasThis ready, though raw wench, gave an instance of this, and improved on the dropsical hint I had given her.
Clarissa, Volume 6 (of 9) | Samuel RichardsonThe lady's seeming plumpness was owing to a dropsical disorder, and to the round posture she lay in—very likely, truly.
Clarissa, Volume 6 (of 9) | Samuel RichardsonHis asthma tormented him day and night, and dropsical symptoms made their appearance.
M. Chailly tells us, that in thirteen cases of convulsions nine were first pregnancies, and seven of the females were dropsical.
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