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dropsical

dropsical adjective: pertaining to, or afflicted with, dropsy (edema).

Adjective

dropsical (comparative more dropsical, superlative most dropsical)

  1. Pertaining to, or afflicted with, dropsy (edema).
    • Mrs Springer on her painful dropsical legs comes down talking.1980, John Updike, Rabbit is Rich

Forms of dropsical

comparativemore dropsical
superlativemost dropsical

Origin of dropsical

From dropsy + -ical.

Words formed from dropsical

Questions about dropsical

What does dropsical mean?
Dropsical means pertaining to, or afflicted with, dropsy (edema).
What part of speech is dropsical?
Dropsical is an adjective.

Words near dropsical in the dictionary

  1. dropshippers
  2. dropshipping
  3. dropships
  4. dropshot
  5. dropshots
  6. dropsical
  7. dropsically
  8. dropside
  9. dropsides
  10. dropsied
  11. dropsies

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