syphilitic
pronunciation
How to pronounce syphilitic in British English:
UK [ˌsɪfɪ'lɪtɪk]
How to pronounce syphilitic in American English:
US [ˌsɪfɪ'lɪtɪk]
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- Noun:
- a person suffering from syphilis
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or infected with syphilis
Word Origin
- syphilitic (adj.)
- 1786, from Modern Latin syphiliticus, from syphilis (see syphilis). As a noun from 1881.
Example
- 1. No therapy available for syphilitic african-american men .
- 2. Where did you hide that clue , you old syphilitic sea dog ?
- 3. The book describes a lonely , bad - tempered alcoholic , a syphilitic who liked to bite the hands that fed him .
- 4. The first place to produce hela samples on an industrial scale was the tuskegee institute-where , at the same time , syphilitic black men were left untreated so doctors could observe the progress of the disease .