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BNC: 48836 COCA: 45583
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dropsy

noun

drop·​sy ˈdräp-sē How to pronounce dropsy (audio)
: edema

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web This offer is valid only for townsfolk with proof of dropsy, mumps, polio, lumbago, colitis, bursitis, bites of the wolf most vile, and other afflictions covered under the purview of Clifton’s marvellous medical menagerie. Evan Waite, The New Yorker, 19 May 2020 Jackson, who survived diseases like smallpox, malaria, dysentery, rheumatism and dropsy and endured physical disability most of his adult life after being shot in the chest during a duel, was just shy of Mr. Trump in stature, standing 6-foot-1. Peter Baker, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2017

Word History

Etymology

Middle English dropesie, short for ydropesie, from Anglo-French, from Latin hydropisis, modification of Greek hydrōps, from hydōr water — more at water

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dropsy was in the 13th century
BNC: 48836 COCA: 45583

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