Word of the Day - Scrofulous

[debodun]

Scrofulous (adjective) - physically diseased; morally corrupt.

Some scrofulous looking people were hanging around the inner-city mission.

 

[Pepper]

Some nasty looking people were hanging around the inner-city mission. These scrofulous folks were former residents of Washington, D.C. but got kicked out.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Yep, I know many scrofulous types... most reside in Ottawa Canada.

 

[Ruthanne]

There is only one person I have in mind to fit the description of this word of the day and there's no politics allowed so I won't post the name.

But I will say he is most scrofulous!

 

[Phoenix]

Our little wild turkey's foot is scrofulous. We are giving her medicated bread bits to fight the infection.

 

[Ruthanne]

Our little wild turkey's foot is scrofulous. We are giving her medicated bread bits to fight the infection.

I didn't know he was morally corrupt!

 

[horseless carriage]

There is only one person I have in mind to fit the description of this word of the day and there's no politics allowed so I won't post the name.

But I will say he is most scrofulous!

He wouldn't have been pink-eyed, with thinning fair hair, and had suspiciously scrofulous looking skin, some might even say, scabrous?

 

[Phoenix]

I didn't know he was morally corrupt!

There is no oops. It also means physically diseased. The little turkeys foot got a cut and is now infected.