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Meaning of king's evil | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

scrofula

archaic, uncountable

Examples

“Suppose the person the matter is taken from, has the king's evil, the pox, madness, or some other inveterate disease — I am sure the inoculator can give no reason why it should not convey one distemper as well as the other.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

King's Gambit King's Hall King's highway King's Inch King's Indian Defence king's knight's pawn