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Definition of Dropsied
1. a. Diseased with drops.
Definition of Dropsied
1. Adjective. Diseased with dropsy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dropsied
1. dropsy [adj] - See also: dropsy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dropsied
Literary usage of Dropsied
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1837)
"... and virtue none, It is a dropsied honor: good alone Is good, without a name:
vileness is so; The property by which it is should go, Not by the title. ..."
2. Shakespeare's Medical Knowledge by Charles Woodward Stearns (1865)
"Where great additions swell and virtue none, It is a dropsied honour. (Act n.
Sc. 3.) A 'dropsied' or puffy roundness of surface is not to be mistaken for ..."
3. The Indiana School Journal by Indiana State Teachers Association (1894)
""From lowest place when virtuous things proceed, The place is signified by the
doer's deed; Where great additions swell, and virtue none, It is a dropsied ..."
4. The Roving Editor: Or, Talks with Slaves in the Southern States by James Redpath (1859)
"The dropsied Dwarf of Illinois, By brother sneaks called " Little Giant," He who
... asks Freedom, in surprise, " Because " (the dropsied Dwarf replies), ..."
5. All's Well that Ends Well by William Shakespeare (1912)
"It is a dropsied honour. Good alone 135 Is good, without a name. Vileness is so ;
The property by what it is should go, Not by the title. ..."
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