2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scrofulous \Scrof"u*lous\, a. [Cf. F. scrofuleux.]
1. Pertaining to scrofula, or partaking of its nature; as
scrofulous tumors; a scrofulous habit of body.
2. Diseased or affected with scrofula.
Scrofulous persons can never be duly nourished.
--Arbuthnot.
-- {Scorf"u*lous*ly}, adv -- {Scrof"u*lous*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
scrofulous
adj 1: afflicted with scrofula
2: morally contaminated; "denounce the scrofulous wealth of the
times"- J.D.Hart
3: having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula; "our
canoe...lay with her scrofulous sides on the shore"-
Farley Mowat
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