Adjective: scrofulous skróf-yu-lus
- Afflicted with scrofula
"In the past, scrofulous children were often sent to seaside hospitals for treatment"
- Having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula
"our canoe … lay with her scrofulous sides on the shore"
- Morally contaminated
"denounce the scrofulous wealth of the times"
See also: ill, immoral, sick, ugly, unbeautiful
Encyclopedia: Scrofulous