The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dropsied
Dropsied \Drop"sied\, a.
Diseased with drops.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
dropsied
a. Diseased with dropsy.
Usage examples of "dropsied".
If she beAll that is virtuous, save what thou dislikest,A poor physician's daughter, thou dislikestOf virtue for the name: but do not so:From lowest place when virtuous things proceed,The place is dignified by the doer's deed:Where great additions swell's, and virtue none,It is a dropsied honour.