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English Dictionary: scrofulous by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
      2. Diseased or affected with scrofula.
  
                     Scrofulous persons can never be duly nourished.
                                                                              --Arbuthnot.
            -- {Scorf"u*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Scrof"u*lous*ness}, n.
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