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dropsy

[ drop-see ]

noun

  1. (formerly) edema.
  2. an infectious disease of fishes, characterized by a swollen, spongelike body and protruding scales, caused by a variety of the bacterium Pseudomonas punctata.


dropsy

/ ˈdrɒpsɪ; ˈdrɒpsɪkəl /

noun

  1. pathol a condition characterized by an accumulation of watery fluid in the tissues or in a body cavity
  2. slang.
    a tip or bribe
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • dropsical, adjective
  • ˈDZ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • DZ· [drop, -seed], adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dropsy1

1250–1300; Middle English drop ( e ) sie, aphetic variant of ydropesie < Old French < Medieval Latin ( h ) ō辱ī, equivalent to Latin ō辱 ( is ) (< Greek ō辱-, stem of ýō dropsy ( hydr- hydr- 1 + -ō- < ?) + -sis -sis ) + -ia -y 3
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dropsy1

C13: shortened from ydropesie, from Latin ō辱is, from Greek ܻō, from ܻō water
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These mats come with plenty of textures and styles, but they also will likely be the most expensive. 3D floor mats are perfect for parents and anyone who gets the dropsies while driving.

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He read his grandmother’s life story, which said her father died in 1900 from “dropsy,” an old-fashioned term for swelling from excess fluid.

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Those numbers against Seattle wouldn’t have been quite as bad if not for a case of the dropsies from his receivers.

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Those numbers against Seattle wouldn’t have been quite as bad if not for a case of the dropsies from his receivers.

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Don’t come straggling into the office one morning muttering, “First, gout. Now ague, biliousness, lumbago, Saint Vitus’s dance and dropsy. What’s next, apoplexy?”

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