Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fellow; especially, a mean fellow; a wretch.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A mean fellow; a wretch.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
mean fellow ; awretch .
Etymologies
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Compare Old French escrouselle a kind of vermin, escrouelles, plural, scrofula, French écrouelles, from (assumed) Latin scrofulae. See scrofula, and compare cruels.
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Examples
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“Hang him, foul scroyle, let him pass,” said the mercer;
Kenilworth 2004
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"Hang him, foul scroyle, let him pass," said the mercer; "if he be such
Kenilworth Walter Scott 1801
qms commented on the word scroyle
Amid the political moil
Republicans strive to be loyal,
But this sorry fettle
Will sure test their mettle,
For Jumbo has spawned them a scroyle.
August 6, 2016