Scrof·u·lous a.
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.
-- Scrof*u*lous*ly, adv. -- Scrof*u*lous*ness, n.
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