scrofulous

scrof·u·lous (skr

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adj.

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

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

scrofu·lous·ly adv.

scrofu·lous·ness n.

scrofulous [ˈskrɒfjʊləs]

adj

1. (Medicine / Pathology) of, relating to, resembling, or having scrofula

2. morally degraded

scrofulously adv

scrofulousness n

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Adj.	1.	scrofulous - afflicted with scrofula ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"
	2.	scrofulous - morally contaminated; "denounce the scrofulous wealth of the times"- J.D.Hart immoral - deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong
	3.	scrofulous - having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula; "our canoe...lay with her scrofulous sides on the shore"- Farley Mowat ugly - displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"

Translations

scrofulous [ˈskrɒfjʊləs] ADJ → escrofuloso

scrofulous

adj (dated Med) → skrofulös; (depraved) → verkommen

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I judged that a sharp, bright new nickel, with a first-rate like- ness of the king on one side of it and Guenever on the other, and a blooming pious motto, would take the tuck out of scrofula as handy as a nobler coin and please the scrofulous fancy more; and I was right.

A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context

Upon the Sandwich Islands it has been employed with no small success in the treatment of scrofulous affections, and in combating the ravages of a disease for whose frightful inroads the ill-starred inhabitants of that group are indebted to their foreign benefactors.

Typee by Melville, Herman View in context

I'm told he lives with an ugly old Greek woman and has half a dozen scrofulous kids.

Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context

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