DROPSY


Meaning of DROPSY in English

n. (pl. -ies) 1 = OEDEMA. 2 sl. a tip or bribe. dropsical adj. (in sense 1).

[ ME f. idrop(e)sie f. OF idropesie ult. f. L hydropisis f. Gk hudrops dropsy (as HYDRO-) ]

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