http://wordie.org/words/scrofulous Comments for the word 'Scrofulous' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/scrofulous#comments Adj. Morally degenerate; corrupt: “a scrofulous, grim, darkly funny burlesque on art, celebrity, and love” (Stephen Schiff) Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:24:47 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/scrofulous#comments http://wordie.org/words/scrofulous#comments "In a room lit by a candle stuck in a bottleneck a slut combs out the <a href="/words/tatt">tatt</a>s from the hair of a scrofulous child."<br />Joyce, Ulysses, 15 Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:57:24 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/scrofulous#comments http://wordie.org/words/scrofulous#comments "torpid, scrofulous building that still housed the Taliban embassy" Hitchens, p.442 Sun, 03 Dec 2006 05:12:54 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/scrofulous#comments