Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One or another form of herpes. See
shingles .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A dry, scaly eruption on the skin; especially, a ringworm.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic A dry, scaly
eruption on the skin; especially, aringworm .
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Examples
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Now, the dry serpigo on the subject! and war and lechery confound all!
Troilus and Cressida 2004
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Hydrocele is not unfrequent, but hardly so general as in the Eastern Island; one manner of white man, a half caste from Macáo, was suffering with serpigo, and boasted of it.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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Now, the dry serpigo on the subject! and war and lechery confound all!
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In the "rheum, the dry serpigo and the gout" which rack their frames, make their bones ache and render miserable and thankless the evening days which should be so full of peace and beauty, they are reaping the fruits of their "harmless" moderate drinking.
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Hydrocele is not unfrequent, but hardly so general as in the Eastern Island; one manner of white man, a half caste from Macáo, was suffering with serpigo, and boasted of it.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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I have sometimes been induced to think it nothing more than a confirmed stage of the serpigo or ringworm, or it may be the same with what is elsewhere termed the shingles.
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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Now, the dry serpigo on the subject! and war and lechery confound all!
Troilus and Cressida 1601
sionnach commented on the word serpigo
A dry, scaly eruption on the skin; especially, a ringworm.
November 3, 2008
reesetee commented on the word serpigo
Or the true story of New York City policeman who went undercover to expose the corruption of his fellow officers--and ate far too many doughnuts in the process. ;->
November 3, 2008
madmouth commented on the word serpigo
after 'serpent', connected by the Greek motorway to "herpes"?
December 13, 2009