What does scrofulous mean?

Definitions for scrofulous
ˈskrɒf yə ləsscro·fu·lous

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. scrofulousadjective

    afflicted with scrofula

  2. scrofulousadjective

    morally contaminated

    "denounce the scrofulous wealth of the times"- J.D.Hart

  3. scrofulousadjective

    having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula

    "our canoe...lay with her scrofulous sides on the shore"- Farley Mowat

Wiktionary

  1. scrofulousadjective

    of, related to, or suffering from scrofula

  2. scrofulousadjective

    morally degenerate; corrupt

    a scrofulous politician

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Scrofulousadjective

    Diseased with the scrofula.

    Etymology: from scrofula.

    Scrofulous persons can never be duly nourished; for such as have tumours in the parotides often have them in the pancreas and mesentery. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

    English consumptions generally proceed from a scrofulous disposition. Arbuthnot.

    What would become of the race of men in the next age, if we had nothing to trust to, beside the scrofulous consumptive production furnished by our men of wit and pleasure? Jonathan Swift.

Wikipedia

  1. scrofulous

    The disease mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis, also known as scrofula and historically as king's evil, involves a lymphadenitis of the cervical lymph nodes associated with tuberculosis as well as nontuberculous (atypical) mycobacteria.

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  1. scrofulous

    Scrofulous is an adjective used to describe something related to scrofula, a form of tuberculosis affecting the lymph nodes, especially of the neck. Metaphorically, it can also refer to something morally corrupt or degenerate.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Scrofulousadjective

    pertaining to scrofula, or partaking of its nature; as, scrofulous tumors; a scrofulous habit of body

  2. Scrofulousadjective

    diseased or affected with scrofula

  3. Etymology: [Cf. F. scrofuleux.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of scrofulous in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of scrofulous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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