scrofulous
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scrofulous
- /ˈskɹɒfjʊləs/ UK
- /ˈskɹɔfjələs/ US
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Borrowed from New Latin scrōfulōsus. By surface analysis, scrofula + -ous.
adjective more scrofulous · most scrofulous
- Of, related to, or suffering from scrofula (form of tuberculosis tending to cause enlarged lymph nodes and skin inflammation). On the ſurface of the water there floats a liquid bitumen, although it be every day ſcummed off, as it doth on the lake Aſphaltites in Judæa: The Inhabitants uſe it as pitch: it is alſo found to be an excellent vulnerary, and good in curing old cacoethic and ſcrophulous ulcers.
- Having an unkempt, unhealthy appearance. Poor devil, he's gone to the dogs altogether. He's got some twopenny-halfpenny job in the medical at Alexandria—sanitary officer or something like that. I'm told he lives with an ugly old Greek woman and has half a dozen scrofulous kids.
- Morally degenerate; corrupt. a scrofulous politician
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adj of, related to, or suffering from scrofula
| Português | escrofuloso |
|---|---|
| Français | scrofuleux |
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