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Scrofulous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Relating to, affected with, or resembling scrofula.

adj. Morally degenerate; corrupt: "a scrofulous, grim, darkly funny burlesque on art, celebrity, and love” ( Stephen Schiff).

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. of, related to, or suffering from scrofula

adj. morally degenerate; corrupt

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Pertaining to scrofula, or partaking of its nature.

adj. Diseased or affected with scrofula.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Pertaining to scrofula, or partaking of its nature; having a tendency to scrofula: as, scrofulous tumors; a scrofulous habit of body.

Diseased or affected with scrofula.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. morally contaminated

adj. having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula

adj. afflicted with scrofula

Word Usage

"Nevertheless to those weak habits with pale skins and large pupils of the eyes, whose degree of irritability is less than health requires, as in scrofulous, hysterical, and sonic consumptive constitutions,"

Equivalent

immoral ugly ill sick

Cross Reference

scrofulous abscess scrofulous ceratitis scrofulous bubo

Form

scrofulousness scrofulously

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