单词 | dropsy |
释义 | dropsy1/ˈdrɒpsi![]() noun (plural dropsies) Old-fashioned or less technical term for oedema.Disease manifestations, such as fever, dropsy, diarrhea, or cyanosis, were used as names of diseases....
OriginMiddle English: shortening of idropesie, earlier form of obsolete hydropsy, via Old French and Latin from Greek hudrōps 'dropsy', from hudōr 'water'. Rhymesdropsy2/ˈdrɒpsi![]() noun (plural dropsies) British informal A tip or bribe: McCloy’s little dropsy for services rendered Origin1930s: slang, elaborated form of slang drop 'a bribe'. |
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