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noun
scrofula: so called because it was supposed to be curable by the touch of the reigning sovereign.
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Origin of king's evil
1350–1400; Middle English kynges evel
Words nearby king's evil
king's color, King's Counsel, king's crown, king's English, king's evidence, king's evil, Kingsford-Smith, king's highway, kingship, kingside, king-size
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Word Origin for king's evil
C14: from the belief that the king's touch would heal scrofula
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