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单词 king's evil
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
king's evil, 
  1. scrofula: so called because it was supposed to be curable by the touch of the reigning sovereign.
  • Middle English kynges evel 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
king's evil n
  1. the king's evil
    a former name for scrofula
Etymology: 14th Century: from the belief that the king's touch would heal scrofula
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