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dropitis

noun

Etymology

From drop + -itis.

  1. derived from *dʰrebʰ-✻ — “to drip, drop”
  2. inherited from *drupô✻ — “drop (of liquid)”
  3. inherited from *dropō✻ — “drop (of liquid)”
  4. inherited from dropa — “a drop”
  5. inherited from drope — “small quantity of liquid; small or least amount of something; pendant jewel; dripping of a liquid; a shower; nasal flow, catarrh; speck, spot; blemish; disease causing spots on the skin”
  6. inherited from droppe
  7. suffixed as dropitis — “drop + itis”

Definitions

  1. A notional medical condition that causes people to drop things frequently.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA