Dictionary entry

Hydropic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Hy‐drop″ic (?), 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.