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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Scroylenoun

    This word I remember only in Shakespeare: A mean fellow; a rascal; a wretch.

    Etymology: it seems derived from escrouelle, French, a scrofulous swelling;

    The scroyles of Angiers flout you kings,
    And stand securely on their battlements,
    As in a theatre. William Shakespeare, King John.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Scroylenoun

    a mean fellow; a wretch

  2. Etymology: [Cf. OF. escrouselle a kind of vermin, escrouelles, pl., scrofula, F. crouelles, fr. (assumed) LL. scrofellae for L. scrofulae. See Scrofula, and cf. Cruels.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Scroyle

    skroil, n. (Shak.) a scabby fellow: a mean fellow. [O. Fr. escrouelles, scrofula—L. scrofulæ.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of scroyle in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of scroyle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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