Definition of "dropsy"
dropsy
/ˈdrɒp.si/
noun
usually uncountable, plural dropsies
Quotations
Like someone moving back in space until the earth appears as a tiny mote of light, he managed to distance himself from the immediate discomfort of pipes with dropsy, defiant plumbing tools, and the overly familiar fiberglass, by musing aloud on the evolutionary history of humans that allowed the two of us to communicate verbally, creating a word picture of the problem and how to fix it.
2020, Pat Goodmann, Wolf Park Blog: Happy 90th Birthday Dr. Klinghammer