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  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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