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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. afflicted with scrofula;

2. morally contaminated;
- Example: "denounce the scrofulous wealth of the times"- J.D.Hart

3. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Diseased or affected with scrofula. [1913 Webster] Scrofulous persons can never be duly nourished. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] -- Scrof"u*lous*ly, adv. -- Scrof"u*lous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
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