dropsical
pronunciation
How to pronounce dropsical in British English:
UK ['drɒpsɪkəl]
How to pronounce dropsical in American English:
US ['drɒpsɪkəl]
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- Adjective:
- swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid
Word Origin
- dropsical (adj.)
- 1680s; see dropsy + -ical.
Example
- 1. Meanwhile alarming dropsical symptoms had developed , and it was in a dying condition that francis set out for assisi .
- 2. It was an inconsistent and ubiquitous fiend too , for , while it was making the whole night behind him dreadful , he darted out into the roadway to avoid dark alleys , fearful of its coming hopping out of them like a dropsical boy 's kite without tail and wings .