"scroyle" meaning in All languages combined

See scroyle on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: scroyles [plural]
Etymology: Compare Old French escrouselle (“a kind of vermin”), escrouelles pl (“scrofula”), French écrouelles, from (assumed) Latin scrofulae. See scrofula, and compare cruels. Etymology templates: {{cog|fro|escrouselle|t=a kind of vermin}} Old French escrouselle (“a kind of vermin”), {{cog|fr|écrouelles}} French écrouelles, {{cog|la|scrofulae}} Latin scrofulae Head templates: {{en-noun}} scroyle (plural scroyles)
  1. (obsolete) A mean person; a wretch. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-scroyle-en-noun-mx7chC8- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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