dropsical

English

Etymology

dropsy +‎ -ical

Adjective

dropsical (comparative more dropsical, superlative most dropsical)

1. Pertaining to, or afflicted with, dropsy (edema).
   • 1980, John Updike, Rabbit is Rich:

     Mrs Springer on her painful dropsical legs comes down talking.

Translations

relating to water collecting in body cavities and tissues

• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ὑδροπικός (hudropikós)

• Maori: kōpūrua
• Old English: wætersēoc