cruels

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English

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Etymology

Corrupted from French écrouelles (“scrofula”). Spelling influenced by cruel.

Noun

cruels pl (plural only)

  1. Glandular scrofulous swellings in the neck.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “cruels”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Adjective

cruels

  1. plural of cruel

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Pronunciation

Adjective

cruels

  1. masculine plural of cruel

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