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Definitions: Scrofulous |
ScrofulousAdjective1. Afflicted with scrofula. 2. Morally contaminated; "denounce the scrofulous wealth of the times"- J.D.Hart. 3. Having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula; "our canoe...lay with her scrofulous sides on the shore"- Farley Mowat. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "scrofulous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1726. (references) |
Etymology: Scrofulous \Scrof"u*lous\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression scrofuleux.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Medicine | Relating or belonging to, or having the character of scrofula; marked by the presence of, or suffering from scrofula. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Scrofulous |
| English words defined with "scrofulous": Antistrumous ♦ Cruels ♦ Strumatic, Strumous. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "scrofulous": struma. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Who first brought the pox into a noble house, which has lineally descended in scrofulous tumors to their posterity. |
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| "Scrofulous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Scrofulous" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "scrofulous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | stërkungulli, skrofulli, i dobët (anaemic, anemic, bad, cachectic, characterless, cheesy, delicate, Dickey, dicky, dim, Dotty, enervate, faint, fainting, feeble, flabby, flaccid, gone, ill-conditioned, impaired, indolent, inferior, infirm, insubstantial, knock kneed, lame, lamentable, languid, languorous, lax, lean, low, meager, meagre, mean, measly, milk and water, nerveless, pale, pimping, pithless, poky, poor, puny, queasy, reckling, remiss, remote, rotten, rundown, scraggy, scrannel, scrawny, seared, shoddy, skinny, slack, sleazy, slender, slight, slim, soft, spare, squeamish, tender, thin, third rate, Twiggy, weak, weakly, woozy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ملوث أخلاقيا, خنازيري (pig's). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | скрофулозен (strumose), болен от скрофули, покварен (corrupt, depraved, gamy, godforsaken, graceless, obscene, peccant, vicious, wanton). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | krtiènatý. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | skrofuloes. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | strumeus, scrofuleus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | خنازیری . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | risatautinen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | scrofuleux. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | skrofulös. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | χοιραδικόσ (strumous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | görvélyes, skrofulás (scrofulide). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | scrofoloso. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | roigagh (strumous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ofulousscray escrofuloso. (various references) scrofulos, imoral (corrupt, gay, immoral, impure, lecherous, licentious, loose, nasty, outrageous, sinful, wicked), corupt (corrupt, depraved, lax, prostitute, rotten, venal). (various references) золотушный (goitrous). (various references) škrofulozan. (various references) escrofuloso. (various references) skrofulös. (various references) sıraca hastası. (various references) золотушний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Scrofulous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: scrofulos, scrofulus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "scrofulous" (pronounced 'Scrof"u*lous'): Acanthocephalous, Acarpellous, Acephalous, Achilous, Acholous, Achylous, Acidulous, Adenophyllous, Amphibolous, Amyelous, Androcephalous, Anemorphilous, Angulous, Anhelous, Anisodactylous, Anisophyllous, Anomalous, Anomophyllous, Anthophilous, Antibillous, Antivariolous, Apellous, Aphyllous, Arenulous, Argillous, Artiodactylous, Aurocephalous, Autocephalous, Basylous, benevolous, Biangulous, Bibulous, Bicephalous, Calculous, Callous, Cancellous, Caryophyllous, Cautelous, Cavernulous, Cephalous, Chylous, Corpusculous, Credulous, Daedalous, Decaphyllous, Dedalous, Depilous, Dicephalous, Diphyllous, Edentulous, Emulous, Encephalous, Endecaphyllous, Endophyllous, Entomophilous, Enubilous, Epiphyllous, Erysipelous, Exangulous, Exophyllous, Fabulous, Favillous, Fibrillous, Filipendulous, fistulous, Flosculous, Folliculous, frivolous, Gamophyllous, Ganocephalous, garrulous, Glandulous, Globulous, Granulous, Guttulous, Heptaphyllous, Hetercephalous, Heterophyllous, Hexaphyllous, Hirtellous, Hispidulous, Homomallous, Hydrocephalous, Hypophyllous, incredulous, Innubilous, Insulous, Irregulous, Isagelous, Isospondylous, Leucophyllous, Lyencephalous, macrocephalous, Macrophyllous, Malevolous, Mesaticephalous, Mesocephalous, meticulous, Micrencephalous, Microphyllous, miraculous, Monocephalous, monoculous, Monophyllous, Monoxylous, Monticulous, Morbillous, Musculous, Mutilous, Myelencephalous, Myriophyllous, Nebulous, Oraculous, Orgillous, Orgulous, Overcredulous, Overscrupulous, Pabulous, Papillous, Papulous, Parlous, Patulous, Pediculous, Pendulous, Pentaphyllous, Perdulous, Periculous, Perlous, Photophilous, Phyllous, Piaculous, Pilulous, Plectospondylous, Pleiophyllous, Podocephalous, Podophyllous, Polyphyllous, Populous, Preambulous, Procellous, Procoelous, Prostibulous, Pustulous, Quadriphyllous, Querulous, Ramulous, Rhabdocoelous, ridiculous, Rigidulous, Sabulous, Salicylous, saxicolous, Schizocoelous, Scintillous, Sciolous, Scopulous, scrupulous, sedulous, Semiflosculous, Sibilous, Solidungulous, Somniculous, Sphagnicolous, Stenophyllous, Stridulous, Subdolous, Subpodophyllous, Succulous, Suchospondylous, Tetraphyllous, Thallous, Tintinnabulous, Tortulous, Torulous, tremulous, Triphyllous, troublous, Tubicolous, Tumulous, Uncautelous, Undulous, Ungulous, unscrupulous, Urbicolous, Variolous, Ventriculous, Vernaculous, Versimilous, Villous, Violous, Vitriolous, Xerophilous, Xiphophyllous, Xylophilous. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-f-l-o-o-r-s-s-u-u" | |
-3 letters: colours, fuscous, sulfurs. | |
-4 letters: clours, colors, colour, floors, flours, fluors, fucous, oculus, rufous, scours, scurfs, sulcus, sulfur. | |
-5 letters: clour, color, coofs, cools, cross, curfs, curls, cusso, flocs, floor, floss, flour, fluor, focus, fools, fouls, fours, fucus, furls, locos, locus, loofs, lours, lusus, rolfs, roofs, scour, scurf, slurs, solos, solus, sorus, souls, sours, sulfo, sulus, surfs. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 63 72 6F 66 75 6C 6F 75 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. .-. --- ..-. ..- .-.. --- ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01110010 01101111 01100110 01110101 01101100 01101111 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c r o f u l o u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 0072 006F 0066 0075 006C 006F 0075 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53698481728778818785 |
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