Dictionary Entry
scrofulous
scrofulous is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Pertaining to scrofula, or partaking of its nature; as, scrofulous tumors; a scrofulous habit of body. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 19 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Pertaining to scrofula, or partaking of its nature; as, scrofulous tumors; a scrofulous habit of body.
- 2adjective
Diseased or affected with scrofula.
- 3adjective
having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula- Farley Mowat
"our canoe...lay with her scrofulous sides on the shore"
- 4adjective
morally contaminated- J.D.Hart
"denounce the scrofulous wealth of the times"
- 5adjective
afflicted with scrofula
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