亚洲网紅露点

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king's evil

noun

  1. scrofula: so called because it was supposed to be curable by the touch of the reigning sovereign.


king's evil

noun

  1. the king's evil
    pathol a former name for scrofula
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of king's evil1

1350鈥1400; Middle English kynges evel
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of king's evil1

C14: from the belief that the king's touch would heal scrofula
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