scrofulous
形容词 adj.
英 /ˈskɹɒfjʊləs/
美 /ˈskɹɔfjələs/
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Of, related to, or suffering from scrofula (form of tuberculosis tending to cause enlarged lymph nodes and skin inflammation).
— On the ſurface of the water there floats a liquid bitumen, although it be every day ſcummed off, as it doth on the lake Aſphaltites in Judæa: The Inhabitants uſe it as pitch: it is alſo found to be an excellent vulnerary, and good in curing old cacoethic and ſcrophulous ulcers.
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Having an unkempt, unhealthy appearance.
— Poor devil, he's gone to the dogs altogether. He's got some twopenny-halfpenny job in the medical at Alexandria—sanitary officer or something like that. I'm told he lives with an ugly old Greek woman and has half a dozen scrofulous kids.
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Morally degenerate; corrupt.
— a scrofulous politician
词汇关系
词源
Borrowed from New Latin scrōfulōsus. Surface analysis: scrofula + -ous.
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