Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (3)
1.
afflicted with scrofula;
2.
morally contaminated;
- Example: "denounce the scrofulous wealth of the times"- J.D.Hart3.
having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula;
- Example: "our canoe...lay with her scrofulous sides on the shore"- Farley Mowat
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. Diseased or affected with scrofula.
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Scrofulous persons can never be duly nourished.
--Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster] -- Scrof"u*lous*ly, adv. --
Scrof"u*lous*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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