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Definition: Dropsy |
DropsyNoun1. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dropsy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Dropsy \Drop"sy\, noun; plural Dropsies. [from Old English expression dropsie, dropesie, Old French idropisie, French hydropisie, from Latin expression hydropisis, from the Greek expression dropsy, from water. See Water, and compare to Hydropsy.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Bible | Dropsy mentioned only in Luke 14:2. The man afflicted with it was cured by Christ on the Sabbath. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Botanical | A general accumulation of fluid in the body. Treated with Annona, Cecropea, Cissus, Luffa, Moringa, Pistia, Solanum, Spondias. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of being afflicted with the dropsy, denotes illness for a time, but from which you will recover with renewed vigor. To see others thus afflicted, denotes that you will hear from the absent shortly, and have tidings of their good health. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: DropsySynonyms: edema (n), hydrops (n), oedema (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Expansion | Noun: expansion; increase; of size; enlargement, extension, augmentation; amplification, ampliation; aggrandizement, spread, increment, growth, development, pullulation, swell, dilation, rarefaction; turgescence, turgidness, turgidity; dispansion; obesity; (size); hydrocephalus, hydrophthalmus; dropsy, tumefaction, intumescence, swelling, tumor, diastole, distension; puffing, puffiness; inflation; pandiculation. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Dropsy |
| English words defined with "dropsy": anasarcous, Antihydropic ♦ Dropsies ♦ Hydragogue, Hydropical, Hydropsy ♦ Mucocele ♦ Trocar. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "dropsy": Moll Cutpurse ♦ Pepenance. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "dropsy": Dropsical. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Stomach pump for ob.-cow with dropsy. Fremont County, St. Anthony, Idaho. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Dropsy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dropsy" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "dropsy": wind dropsy. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dropsy | 44 |
dropsy fish | 8 |
betta dropsy | 5 |
disease dropsy fish | 4 |
dropsy fish gold | 4 |
dropsy fish in | 3 |
dropsy koi | 3 |
disease dropsy | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dropsy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | hidropizi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الاستقساء (edema), داء الاستسقاء. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 水肿. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vodnatelnost. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | universelt cardialt oedem (cardiac dropsy), staseoedem (congestive dropsy), hydrops universalis congenitus (congenital general dropsy, hydrops universus congenitalis), hydrops (congestive dropsy, hydrops), Bissa (Bissa, Egyptian dropsy), anasarka (anasarca, cardiac dropsy, cardiac hydrops), ægyptisk vattersot (Bissa, Egyptian dropsy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | waterzucht (anasarca, hydrops). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | hidropso. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ورم (Botch, Bulge, Bunny, Tumor, Welt), خیز (Bound, Edema, Gradient, Leap, Lunge, Rise), استسقاء . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | hydropisie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wassersucht. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υδρωπικία ιατρική. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vízkór (oedema), vízkórosság. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | basal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | idropisia (hydropsy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 水腫 (edema), 水気 (dampness, edema, moisture, vapor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | すいしゅ (edema), すいき (dampness, edema, moisture, vapor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | gorley brooinney. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | opsydray hidropsia (hydropsy). (various references) dropicã (hydropsy), hidropizie (hydropsy). (various references) водянка (hydropsy). (various references) glupad (dropsy in throat of cattle and sheep). (various references) vodena bolest, hidropsija. (various references) hidropesía (hydropsy). (various references) vattusot. (various references) su toplanması (Edema, oedema), ödem (oedema). (various references) водянка (hydropsy). (various references) dyfrglwyf. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 14, Verse 2 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai idou anqrwpoV tiV hn udrwpikoV emprosqen autou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et ecce homo quidam hydropicus erat ante illum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | ða wæs þar sum wæterseoc man beforan him; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And lo! a man sijk in the dropesie was bifor hym. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And beholde ther was a man before him which had the dropsye. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And behold, there was a certain man before him who had the dropsy. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And a certain man was there who had a disease. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 14, Verse 2 |
| Cebuano | Ug tan-awa, miatubang kaniya ang usa ka tawong nanghupong. |
| Chinese | 在 他 面 前 有 一 個 患 水 臌 的 人 。 |
| Croatian | Kad evo: pred njim neki èovjek koji je imao vodenu bolest. |
| Danish | Og se, der stod en vattersottig Mand foran ham. |
| Dutch | En ziet, er was een zeker waterzuchtig mens voor Hem. |
| Finnish | Ja katso, siellä oli vesitautinen mies hänen edessään. |
| French | Et voici, un homme hydropique était devant lui. |
| German | Und siehe, da war ein Mensch vor ihm, der war wassersüchtig. |
| Haitian Creole | Yon nonm ki te gen maladi anfle te la devan Jezi. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Maka datanglah kepada Yesus seorang yang sakit busung yang kaki dan tangannya bengkak-bengkak. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka adalah di hadapan-Nya seorang yang sakit basal air. |
| Italian | Davanti a lui stava un idropico. |
| Manx Gaelic | As cur-my-ner, va dooinney kionfenish, va'n dropsee er. |
| Maori | Na, ko tetahi tangata i tona aroaro, he kopu tetere tona mate. |
| Norwegian | se, da var der en vattersottig mann like for ham. |
| Rumanian | Wi knaintea Lui era un om bolnav de dropicq. |
| Shuar | Nui aishman eaak-jaa Jesus pujamunam naka pujumiayi. |
| Swahili | Mbele yake Yesu palikuwa na mtu mmoja aliyekuwa na ugonjwa wa kuvimba mwili. |
| Swedish | att en vattusiktig man kom dit och stod framför honom. |
| Uma | Muu-mule' rata hadua tauna to mohaki' ngkumowu, mowoto witi' pai' pale-na. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "dropsy": hydropsy. (additional references) | |
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"Dropsy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cropsey, Doopsey, dorps, dorsy, dropby, Droppy, dropsey, dropsies, dropy, drosey, drosy, drousie, drousy, Durupty. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dropsy" (pronounced drÄ"psē) |
| 3 | -p s ē | autopsy, bankruptcy, biopsy, epilepsy, gypsy, narcolepsy, tipsy. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-o-p-r-s-y" | |
-1 letter: dorps, drops, prods, prosy. | |
-2 letters: dopy, dorp, dors, dory, drop, drys, pods, posy, prod, pros, rods, ropy, rosy, sord, spry, yods. | |
-3 letters: dor, dos, dry, ods, ops, ors, pod, pro, pry, rod, sod, sop, soy, spy, yod. | |
-4 letters: do, od, op, or, os, oy, so, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-o-p-r-s-y" | |
+1 letter: hydrops, prosody. | |
+2 letters: eyedrops, hydropsy, rhapsody. | |
+3 letters: copyreads, drypoints, dysphoria, dysphoric, dystrophy, hydropses, hypoderms, myriapods, myriopods, polybrids, pyodermas, pyrenoids, redeploys, swordplay, wordplays. | |
+4 letters: byproducts, depositary, depository, dysphorias, dysprosium, dystrophic, eriophyids, hydropsies, hydrospace, hypodermis, proselyted, pterygoids, pyranoside, pyridoxals, swordplays. | |
+5 letters: caryopsides, copyholders, copyreaders, decryptions, discography, dysprosiums, dystrophies, eyedroppers, handyperson, hydrophanes, hydrophones, hydrophytes, hydroplanes, hydroponics, hydropowers, hydrospaces, hydrosphere, hyperploids, hypodermics, playgrounds, polyandries, polyandrous, polyhedrons, polymerised, ponderously, professedly, psychodrama, pyranosides, pyrethroids, pyridoxines, pyroxenoids, stereotyped, swordplayer. | |
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