dropsical

[ drop-si-kuhl ]

adjective

1. of, like, or affected with dropsy.

Other Word Forms

• 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

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.

From Literature

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.

From Literature

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

From Project Gutenberg

A tendency to dropsical effusion is generally first shown, besides a puffiness of the face, in the feet and ankles, the shoe or slipper marking off the enlargement above its margin.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• bloated
• magnified
• overblown
• swollen