Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HY-DROP'IC, or HY-DROP'IC-AL, a. [L. hydrops; Gr. υδρωψ, dropsy, υδωρ, water.]

1. Dropsical; diseased with extravasated water.
2. Containing water; caused by extravasated water; as, a hydropic swelling.
3. Resembling dropsy. Every lust is a kind of hydropic distemper, and the more we drink the more we shall thirst. Tillotson.