Definition of "syphilitic" []

• Of, relating to, or affected with syphilis. (adjective)
• A person affected with syphilis. (noun)

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• "He had wives who worshiped him and then left him, only to defend him later; his children speculated that he was either syphilitic or manic-depressive, and then they continued his work."
• "The black nose, the Jewish nose, the Irish nose, the Italian nose, the syphilitic nose."
• "Doktor Faustus by Thomas Mann Mann's version of this much-imitated tale features a syphilitic composer called Adrian Leverkühn, who agrees a pact with Mephistopheles that guarantees him years of brilliance and musical creativity."