dropsical

[drop-si-kuh l]

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adjective

of, like, or affected with dropsy.

Origin of dropsical

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

Related formsdrop·si·cal·ly, adverbdrop·si·cal·ness, nounnon·drop·si·cal, adjectivenon·drop·si·cal·ly, adverbun·drop·si·cal, adjective

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Related Words for dropsical

bloated, swollen, overblown, grown, extended, diffuse, spread, puffed, ranting, distended, filled, stretched, augmented, aureate, bombastic, flatulent, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, magniloquent

Examples from the Web for dropsical

Historical Examples of dropsical

It weighed several tons, and its tyres were like dropsical life-belts.
A Boswell of Baghdad
E. V. Lucas
Dropsical women, swollen like wine skins were placed on the ground before him.
Thais
Anatole France
Again, the other valet had long been dropsical, and the valet who died in 1687 died of dropsy.
The Valet's Tragedy and Other Stories
Andrew Lang
This one was dropsical, the other subject to apoplectic fits.
The Nabob
Alphonse Daudet
The debility of age and dropsical legs had long oppressed him.
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses
William Withering

Word Origin and History for dropsical

adj.

1680s; see dropsy + -ical.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

dropsical in Medicine

dropsical

[drŏp′sĭ-kəl]

adj.

Relating to or suffering from dropsy.

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