Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.
      -- {Scorf"u*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Scrof"u*lous*ness}, n.