The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hydropic
Hydropic \Hy*drop"ic\, Hydropical \Hy*drop"ic*al\, a. [L. hydropicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. hydropique. See Dropsy.] Dropsical, or resembling dropsy.
Every lust is a kind of hydropic distemper, and the
more we drink the more we shall thirst.
--Tillotson.
Wiktionary
hydropic
a. 1 Swollen with water; characterized by swelling and accumulation of fluid. 2 dropsical. 3 (context obsolete English) Insatiably thirsty (like someone with dropsy).
Usage examples of "hydropic".
He had said nothing to his spouse, knowing that her display of anguish, her tears, her undoubted rushing from one end of the room to the other, kissing her three children with huge hydropic kisses en route, would do nothing to resolve the problem.