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dropsied en · ADJ

Etymology

From dropsy + -ed.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Suffering 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