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dropsied

dropsied adjective: suffering from dropsy (edema).

Adjective

dropsied (not comparable)

  1. Suffering from dropsy (edema).
    • a dropsied honourc. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    Synonyms:
    oedemic

Synonyms of dropsied

Origin of dropsied

From dropsy + -ed.

Questions about dropsied

What does dropsied mean?
Dropsied means suffering from dropsy (edema).
What part of speech is dropsied?
Dropsied is an adjective.

Words near dropsied in the dictionary

  1. dropshots
  2. dropsical
  3. dropsically
  4. dropside
  5. dropsides
  6. dropsied
  7. dropsies
  8. dropsite
  9. dropsites
  10. dropsonde
  11. dropsondes

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