† water-sickadj.n.

Forms: see water n. and sick adj. and n.; also early Middle English wætereseoc.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old High German wazzarsioh (Middle High German wazzersiech ; compare German wassersüchtig ), Middle Dutch watersiec (early modern Dutch waterziek ; compare Dutch waterzuchtig ) < the Germanic base of water n. + the Germanic base of sick adj. Compare also Old Swedish vatnsiuker . Compare water sickness n.In Old English frequently rendering classical Latin hydrōpicus hydropic adj.

Obsolete.

A. adj.

Affected with dropsy; dropsical.In quot. 1555 in figurative context.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [adjective] > excessive fluid > dropsy

water-sickOE

dropicc1425

hydropic1483

hydropical?1550

oedematous1583

hydroptic1608

hydroptical1640

hydropsic1649

dropsic1651

leucophlegmatical1658

oedematic1666

leucophlegmatic1668

anasarcous1676

dropsical1678

oedematose1710

dropsied1793

plerocephalic1927

OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 124 Þær wæron eac untrume oðre twægen cnapan, oðer wæs wæterseoc, oðer eall on wundum.

OE West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xiv. 2 Ða wæs þar sum wæterseoc man [c1200 Hatton wæterseoc mann; L. homo quidam hydropicus] beforan him.

OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) xliii. 90 Wið þæt man ne mæge wæterseoces mannes [?a1200 Harl. 6258B wæterseoces mannes; L. ydropicis] þurst gecelan genim þysse sylfan wyrte leaf, lege under þa tungan.

1555 W. Turner New Bk. Spirituall Physik f. 56 Ye knowe also one watersyck gentleman (yf ye wyl gyue me leaue to cal such a carle a getleman) whych had dronken vp almoste an hole contre.

B. n.

A person affected with dropsy; (usually with the and plural agreement) dropsical people as a class.

ΘΚΠ

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

water-sickOE

hydropicc1550

OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 68 Ydropicus byð se wæterseoca.

OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) xciii. 136 Wiþ wæterseocnysse genim þysse ylcan wyrte wyrtwalan gecnucude.., hyt fremað myclum þam wæterseocan [?a1200 Harl. 6258B þam wæterseocan].

OE tr. Medicina de Quadrupedibus (Vitell.) x. 266 Wið wæteradle, nim drigne hundes þost... He hæleð wæterseoce.

1555 W. Turner New Bk. Spirituall Physik f. 49 The other kynde of common tokens that the watersyke haue, is an excedyng greate thyrst.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	water-sick
释义	† water-sickadj.n. Forms: see water n. and sick adj. and n.; also early Middle English wætereseoc. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old High German wazzarsioh (Middle High German wazzersiech ; compare German wassersüchtig ), Middle Dutch watersiec (early modern Dutch waterziek ; compare Dutch waterzuchtig ) < the Germanic base of water n. + the Germanic base of sick adj. Compare also Old Swedish vatnsiuker . Compare water sickness n.In Old English frequently rendering classical Latin hydrōpicus hydropic adj. Obsolete. A. adj. Affected with dropsy; dropsical.In quot. 1555 in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [adjective] > excessive fluid > dropsy water-sickOE dropicc1425 hydropic1483 hydropical?1550 oedematous1583 hydroptic1608 hydroptical1640 hydropsic1649 dropsic1651 leucophlegmatical1658 oedematic1666 leucophlegmatic1668 anasarcous1676 dropsical1678 oedematose1710 dropsied1793 plerocephalic1927 OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 124 Þær wæron eac untrume oðre twægen cnapan, oðer wæs wæterseoc, oðer eall on wundum. OE West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xiv. 2 Ða wæs þar sum wæterseoc man [c1200 Hatton wæterseoc mann; L. homo quidam hydropicus] beforan him. OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) xliii. 90 Wið þæt man ne mæge wæterseoces mannes [?a1200 Harl. 6258B wæterseoces mannes; L. ydropicis] þurst gecelan genim þysse sylfan wyrte leaf, lege under þa tungan. 1555 W. Turner New Bk. Spirituall Physik f. 56 Ye knowe also one watersyck gentleman (yf ye wyl gyue me leaue to cal such a carle a getleman) whych had dronken vp almoste an hole contre. B. n. A person affected with dropsy; (usually with the and plural agreement) dropsical people as a class. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [noun] > excess fluid in tissue > dropsy > person water-sickOE hydropicc1550 OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 68 Ydropicus byð se wæterseoca. OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) xciii. 136 Wiþ wæterseocnysse genim þysse ylcan wyrte wyrtwalan gecnucude.., hyt fremað myclum þam wæterseocan [?a1200 Harl. 6258B þam wæterseocan]. OE tr. Medicina de Quadrupedibus (Vitell.) x. 266 Wið wæteradle, nim drigne hundes þost... He hæleð wæterseoce. 1555 W. Turner New Bk. Spirituall Physik f. 49 The other kynde of common tokens that the watersyke haue, is an excedyng greate thyrst. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.OE
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