dropsical
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sɪ adjective
of, like, or affected with dropsy.
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World English Dictionary
dropsy (ˈdrɒpsɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 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 |
| [C13: shortened from ydropesie, from Latin hydrōpisis, from Greek hudrōps, from hudōr water] | |
| dropsical | |
| —adj | |
| 'dropsied | |
| —adj | |
| 'dropsically | |
| —adv | |
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Dropsical
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
dropsical drop·si·cal (drŏp'sĭ-kəl)
adj.
Relating to or suffering from dropsy.
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Example sentences
They call it gout, but to my certain knowledge he is dropsical as well, though he doesn't look it.
She had been afflicted for some time previous by a dropsical affection.
His disease was chronic inflammation of the stomach, attended with, dropsical effusion of the abdomen.
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