water cure

American  

noun

1. hydropathy; hydrotherapy.

2. a method of torture in which the victim is forced to drink great quantities of water.

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water cure British  

noun

1. med a nontechnical name for hydropathy hydrotherapy

2. informal a form of torture in which the victim is forced to drink very large amounts of water

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Etymology

Origin of water cure

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

Mackintosh’s Women’s Prize-nominated third novel carries the power of her first two, “The Water Cure” and “Blue Ticket.”

From Los Angeles Times

Southern California is still searching for a water cure.

From Los Angeles Times

Like “The Water Cure,” “Blue Ticket” is not a book that offers easy answers.

From New York Times

In “Blue Ticket,” the follow-up to her 2019 debut, “The Water Cure,” Sophie Mackintosh presents us with a dystopian tale of a woman desperate to have a child in a place that affords only certain women that privilege.

From New York Times

A controlling father imposed his warped definition of female nature on his daughters in Sophie Mackintosh’s first book, “The Water Cure,” longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2018, and constraints on women’s behavior continue to be a theme in her new novel, “Blue Ticket.”

From Washington Post