Definition of scrofulous Scrofulous
scrof•u•lous
We found 7 definitions of scrofulous from 3 different sources.
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What does scrofulous mean?
WordNet
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| scrofulous - afflicted with scrofula | ||
| ill, sick presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government" | ||
| scrofulous - having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula; "our canoe...lay with her scrofulous sides on the shore"- Farley Mowat | ||
| scrofulous - morally contaminated; "denounce the scrofulous wealth of the times"- J.D.Hart | ||
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Wiktionary 
- scrofulous (Adjective)
Of, related to, or suffering from scrofula. - scrofulous (Adjective)
morally degenerate; corrupt.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- scrofulous (a.)
Pertaining to scrofula, or partaking of its nature; as, scrofulous tumors; a scrofulous habit of body. - scrofulous (a.)
Diseased or affected with scrofula.
