Definitions for: Scrofulous

[adj] having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula; "our canoe...lay with her scrofulous sides on the shore"- Farley Mowat
[adj] morally contaminated; "denounce the scrofulous wealth of the times"- J.D.Hart
[adj] afflicted with scrofula

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: ill, immoral, sick, ugly

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