dropsied

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adjective

Suffering from dropsy (edema).

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oedemic
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Meanings

adjectivedropsied (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSuffering from dropsy (edema).

    a dropsied honour

    c. 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] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]

    Synonyms: oedemic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveSuffering from dropsy (edema).

Similar
oedemic

Origin

From dropsy + -ed.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

dropside
Cite this entry
APA

dropsied. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dropsied

MLA

“dropsied.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dropsied. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dropsied,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dropsied.

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