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syphilitics

syphilitics is the plural of syphilitic.

Meaning of syphilitic

Noun

syphilitic (plural syphilitics)

  1. (dated) A person with syphilis.
    • It was a syphilitic who lived alone in the shanty between the hole and the railroad yard, coming up to the street only to beg money for food and disinfectant with which to soak his rags.1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 337
    Synonyms:
    luetic

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Questions about syphilitics

What is syphilitics the plural of?
Syphilitics is the plural of syphilitic.

Words near syphilitics in the dictionary

  1. syphilised
  2. syphilises
  3. syphilising
  4. syphilitic
  5. syphilitically
  6. syphilitics
  7. syphilization
  8. syphilizations
  9. syphilize
  10. syphilized
  11. syphilizes

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