dropsyn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈdrɒpsi/, U.S.

/ˈdrɑpsi/

Forms: Middle English dropesie, Middle English dropecy, dropesy(e, Middle English dropsye, 1500s dropcy, 1500s–1600s dropsie, Middle English– dropsy.

Etymology: aphetic form of Middle English i-, ydropsy, hydropsy n.

A. n.

a. A morbid condition characterized by the accumulation of watery fluid in the serous cavities or the connective tissue of the body.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [noun] > excess fluid in tissue > dropsy

water sicknessOE

dropsyc1290

hydropsyc1380

hyposarca1398

hydropsc1480

water spring1525

leucophlegmacy1657

litherness1727

hydrothorax1793

hydrometra1811

humectation1886

c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 364/10 Some fullen in-to þe dropesie.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11829 Ydropsi [Gött. þropsi, Fairf. þe dropecy, Trin. Cambr. þe dropesy] held him sua in threst.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Luke xiv. 2 A man sijk in the dropesie [1382 syk in ydropesie].

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) xviii. 54 A man that hath the dropcy.

1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) vii. sig. Bii^v/2 [They] falle in to a dropesie.

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 54 In a dropcy the body ys unweldy unlusty & slo.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 488 Dropsies, and Asthma's, and Joint-racking Rheums.

1769 W. Buchan Domest. Med. ii. 449 Dropsy of the brain.

1857 W. R. Bullock tr. P. Cazeaux Theoret. & Pract. Treat. Midwifery (ed. 2) 297 Dropsy of the Cellular Tissue is quite a frequent occurrence.

figurative.1611 B. Rich Honestie of Age (1844) 37 Pampered vppe in..the very dropsie of excesse.1645 J. Milton Colasterion 2 The gout and dropsy of a big margent, litter'd and overlaid with crude and huddl'd quotations.

b. ‘In fish-culture, a disease of young trout.’ ( Cent. Dict.)

c. A disease in succulent plants, from an excess of water; anasarca.

ΚΠ

1846 in J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Dropsy, (Bot.) a disease in succulent plants, from an excess of water.

1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Wright).

†2. figurative. An insatiable thirst or craving. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > [noun] > craving

thirstc1175

hungriness1530

dropsy1548

hunger1548

hungriousness1549

appetite1605

hungering1638

bulimia1639

craving1692

letch1796

crave1830

1548 J. Hales in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) II. App. Q. 50 The great dropsy and the insatiable desire of riches of some men.

1612 T. Dekker If it be not Good v. iv. 257 Seas could not quench his dropsie.

1717 L. Howel Desiderius (ed. 3) 41 Ambition..will prove an insatiable Dropsy.

3. Money, esp. paid as a tip or as bribery. Cf. drop n. 18d. slang.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe

gift1382

handy-dandyc1390

pricec1400

bud1436

bribe?a1439

golden (also silver) keyc1450

fee1549

golden shower1589

oil of angels1592

sugar-plum1608

bribera1616

palm oil1625

greasinga1661

sop1665

sweetbreada1670

vail1687

douceur1739

sweetener1741

bonus1759

buckshee1773

smear-gelt1785

grease1823

boodle?1856

soap1860

ice1887

palm-grease1897

poultice1902

fix1929

dropsy1930

pay-off1930

drop1931

oil1935

squeeze-pidgin1946

sling1948

bung1958

back-hander1960

1616 T. Draxe Bibliotheca Scholastica 33/1 He hath the siluer dropsie.]

1930 ‘Greenhorn’ Tinker, Tailor xi. 253 [He] lived only for tips, or ‘dropsy’ as it's called in the vernacular.

1934 P. Allingham Cheapjack ix. 94 I always thought he took the dropsy. If you'd made it half-a-dollar he might have taken it.

1955 P. Wildeblood Against Law 103 A nice bit of dropsy to a copper usually does the trick.

1969 J. Gardner Compl. State of Death ii. 18 ‘The clients immediately think if you're a wop you'll be a push~over for dropsy.’ ‘Dropsy?’ ‘Payola...’

†B. adj.

a. = Dropsical. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1499 Promptorium Parvulorum (Pynson) sig. eiv^v/1 Dropsy man or woman, ydropicus.

1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. R.ii The dropsy dryeth, that Tantale in the flood Endureth.

a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 219 Like a dropsie-man, who the more hee drinks, the more he desires to drinke.

1678 Young Man's Calling 80 It was their cups which..brought the dropsie corpse so soon thither.

†b. figurative. Charged with water. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > [adjective]

thorough wetOE

drunk1382

drunkenc1420

uliginosec1440

dung wetc1450

drookeda1522

wet through, to the skin1526

sogginga1552

washed1557

washy1566

muck-wet1567

wringing wet1570

drenched1589

dropsy1605

ydrenched1610

sobby1611

dropsieda1616

slocken1643

uliginous1650

dabbling1661

sodded1661

sobbing1664

sobbed1693

flashy1702

saturated1728

saturate1785

livereda1796

sappy1806

laving1812

sodden1820

sopped1822

soppy1823

soaked1829

dropsical1845

soddened1845

soaking wet1847

soggya1852

sogged1860

soaking1864

sopping1866

soaken1898

astream1929

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 404 All th' Earths dropsie vapours.

1683 I. Walton Chalkhill's Thealma & Clearchus 160 Anon a Dropsie cloud Puts out the Sun.

Compounds

dropsy-breeding, dropsy-dry, dropsy-like, dropsy-sick adjs.

ΚΠ

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Ei^v/1 Dropsyseke, hydropicus.

1603 J. Davies Microcosmos 44 Many Dropsy-drie forbeare to drincke, Because they know their ill t'would aggravate.

a1618 J. Sylvester Mem. Mortalitie i. xx As one dropsie-sick.

1619 R. Harris Drunkards Cup 14 This Dropsilike disease is almost incurable.

Derivatives

ˈdropsy v. to render swollen as with dropsy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > of tissue: become diseased [verb (transitive)] > render swollen as with dropsy

dropsya1825

a1825 H. Fuseli Lect. xi, in J. Knowles Life & Writings H. Fuseli (1831) III. 33 Goltzius, and Spranger..dropsied the forms of vigour, or dressed the gewgaws of children in colossal shapes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dropsy
释义	dropsyn.adj. Brit. /ˈdrɒpsi/, U.S. /ˈdrɑpsi/ Forms: Middle English dropesie, Middle English dropecy, dropesy(e, Middle English dropsye, 1500s dropcy, 1500s–1600s dropsie, Middle English– dropsy. Etymology: aphetic form of Middle English i-, ydropsy, hydropsy n. A. n. 1. a. A morbid condition characterized by the accumulation of watery fluid in the serous cavities or the connective tissue of the body. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [noun] > excess fluid in tissue > dropsy water sicknessOE dropsyc1290 hydropsyc1380 hyposarca1398 hydropsc1480 water spring1525 leucophlegmacy1657 litherness1727 hydrothorax1793 hydrometra1811 humectation1886 c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 364/10 Some fullen in-to þe dropesie. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11829 Ydropsi [Gött. þropsi, Fairf. þe dropecy, Trin. Cambr. þe dropesy] held him sua in threst. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Luke xiv. 2 A man sijk in the dropesie [1382 syk in ydropesie]. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) xviii. 54 A man that hath the dropcy. 1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) vii. sig. Bii^v/2 [They] falle in to a dropesie. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 54 In a dropcy the body ys unweldy unlusty & slo. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 488 Dropsies, and Asthma's, and Joint-racking Rheums. View more context for this quotation 1769 W. Buchan Domest. Med. ii. 449 Dropsy of the brain. 1857 W. R. Bullock tr. P. Cazeaux Theoret. & Pract. Treat. Midwifery (ed. 2) 297 Dropsy of the Cellular Tissue is quite a frequent occurrence. figurative.1611 B. Rich Honestie of Age (1844) 37 Pampered vppe in..the very dropsie of excesse.1645 J. Milton Colasterion 2 The gout and dropsy of a big margent, litter'd and overlaid with crude and huddl'd quotations. b. ‘In fish-culture, a disease of young trout.’ ( Cent. Dict.) c. A disease in succulent plants, from an excess of water; anasarca. ΚΠ 1846 in J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Dropsy, (Bot.) a disease in succulent plants, from an excess of water. 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Wright). †2. figurative. An insatiable thirst or craving. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > [noun] > craving thirstc1175 hungriness1530 dropsy1548 hunger1548 hungriousness1549 appetite1605 hungering1638 bulimia1639 craving1692 letch1796 crave1830 1548 J. Hales in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) II. App. Q. 50 The great dropsy and the insatiable desire of riches of some men. 1612 T. Dekker If it be not Good v. iv. 257 Seas could not quench his dropsie. 1717 L. Howel Desiderius (ed. 3) 41 Ambition..will prove an insatiable Dropsy. 3. Money, esp. paid as a tip or as bribery. Cf. drop n. 18d. slang. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe gift1382 handy-dandyc1390 pricec1400 bud1436 bribe?a1439 golden (also silver) keyc1450 fee1549 golden shower1589 oil of angels1592 sugar-plum1608 bribera1616 palm oil1625 greasinga1661 sop1665 sweetbreada1670 vail1687 douceur1739 sweetener1741 bonus1759 buckshee1773 smear-gelt1785 grease1823 boodle?1856 soap1860 ice1887 palm-grease1897 poultice1902 fix1929 dropsy1930 pay-off1930 drop1931 oil1935 squeeze-pidgin1946 sling1948 bung1958 back-hander1960 1616 T. Draxe Bibliotheca Scholastica 33/1 He hath the siluer dropsie.] 1930 ‘Greenhorn’ Tinker, Tailor xi. 253 [He] lived only for tips, or ‘dropsy’ as it's called in the vernacular. 1934 P. Allingham Cheapjack ix. 94 I always thought he took the dropsy. If you'd made it half-a-dollar he might have taken it. 1955 P. Wildeblood Against Law 103 A nice bit of dropsy to a copper usually does the trick. 1969 J. Gardner Compl. State of Death ii. 18 ‘The clients immediately think if you're a wop you'll be a push~over for dropsy.’ ‘Dropsy?’ ‘Payola...’ †B. adj. a. = Dropsical. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1499 Promptorium Parvulorum (Pynson) sig. eiv^v/1 Dropsy man or woman, ydropicus. 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. R.ii The dropsy dryeth, that Tantale in the flood Endureth. a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 219 Like a dropsie-man, who the more hee drinks, the more he desires to drinke. 1678 Young Man's Calling 80 It was their cups which..brought the dropsie corpse so soon thither. †b. figurative. Charged with water. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > [adjective] thorough wetOE drunk1382 drunkenc1420 uliginosec1440 dung wetc1450 drookeda1522 wet through, to the skin1526 sogginga1552 washed1557 washy1566 muck-wet1567 wringing wet1570 drenched1589 dropsy1605 ydrenched1610 sobby1611 dropsieda1616 slocken1643 uliginous1650 dabbling1661 sodded1661 sobbing1664 sobbed1693 flashy1702 saturated1728 saturate1785 livereda1796 sappy1806 laving1812 sodden1820 sopped1822 soppy1823 soaked1829 dropsical1845 soddened1845 soaking wet1847 soggya1852 sogged1860 soaking1864 sopping1866 soaken1898 astream1929 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 404 All th' Earths dropsie vapours. 1683 I. Walton Chalkhill's Thealma & Clearchus 160 Anon a Dropsie cloud Puts out the Sun. Compounds dropsy-breeding, dropsy-dry, dropsy-like, dropsy-sick adjs. ΚΠ 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Ei^v/1 Dropsyseke, hydropicus. 1603 J. Davies Microcosmos 44 Many Dropsy-drie forbeare to drincke, Because they know their ill t'would aggravate. a1618 J. Sylvester Mem. Mortalitie i. xx As one dropsie-sick. 1619 R. Harris Drunkards Cup 14 This Dropsilike disease is almost incurable. Derivatives ˈdropsy v. to render swollen as with dropsy. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > of tissue: become diseased [verb (transitive)] > render swollen as with dropsy dropsya1825 a1825 H. Fuseli Lect. xi, in J. Knowles Life & Writings H. Fuseli (1831) III. 33 Goltzius, and Spranger..dropsied the forms of vigour, or dressed the gewgaws of children in colossal shapes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.c1290
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