<adj.all> denounce the scrofulous wealth of the times
having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula
<adj.all> our canoe...lay with her scrofulous sides on the shore
Scrofulous \Scrof"u*lous\, a. [Cf. F. scrofuleux.] 1. Pertaining to scrofula, or partaking of its nature; as, scrofulous tumors; a scrofulous habit of body.
2. Diseased or affected with scrofula.
Scrofulous persons can never be duly nourished. --Arbuthnot. ※ -- {Scrof"u*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Scrof"u*lous*ness}, n.