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Syphilitic

noun
1.
A person suffering from syphilis.





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"Syphilitic" Quotes from Famous Books



... dangerous although apparently well. He often has a sore mouth and his spit is as dangerous as that of a mad dog. The bite of such a man will develop a chancre and any pipe, cup, or tooth pick which he uses, or his kiss, will give syphilis. A syphilitic tattooer who wets his needles and his India ink with spit will put a chancre into the skin ...
— Manual of Military Training - Second, Revised Edition • James A. Moss
... bear his agony. He cried out gently—it was as though something had been shattered to pieces: "I shall be frank. I am syphilitic"—Some tears rolled down his cheeks. He was startled by how insincere he was. The student held her hands in front of her face. As theatrically as ...
— The Prose of Alfred Lichtenstein • Alfred Lichtenstein
... stopping the Grass now, even if the means had been to hand. The Gambiers, the Tuamotus and the Marquesas were swallowed up. Tahiti, dwellingplace of beautiful if syphilitic women, disappeared under a green blanket, as did the Cook Islands, Samoa and the Fijis. The Grass jumped southward to a foothold in New Zealand and northward into Micronesia. Panic infected the Australians and a mass migration ...
— Greener Than You Think • Ward Moore


Words linked to "Syphilitic" :   diseased person, sufferer, syphilis, sick person


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