Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SCROF'U-LOUS
SCROF'U-LOUS, a.
- Pertaining to scrofula, or partaking of its nature; as, scrofulous tumors; a scrofulous habit of body.
- Diseased or affected with scrofula. Scrofulous persons can never be duly nourished. Arbuthnot.
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