dropsical

[drop-si-kuhl]

adjective

1. of, like, or affected with dropsy.

Other Word Forms

• dropsically adverb
• dropsicalness noun
• nondropsical adjective
• nondropsically adverb
• undropsical adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of dropsical¹

First recorded in 1670–80; drops(y) + -ical

Example Sentences

His skin was dead looking and hairless; dropsical too, he moved with a shambling gait like a trained bear.

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At the end of the table, sitting like a great dropsical gray slug, was William Willoughby, the political symbol of everything her father and men like him despised.

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Belonging, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.

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Sometimes the swelling is diffuse, with a dropsical or erysipelatoid aspect, and crackles like parchment when handled.

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Then follows a paragraph from the sermon, dropsical with dullness; and here the article ends.

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