Meanings
- not comparablemedicineOf, relating to, or infected with syphilis.
One can try hunting syphilitic treponemes directly by having skin irregularities […] biopsied and subjected to a silver-staining test.
1988 April 16, Mike Smith, “AIDS and Syphilis”, in Gay Community News, page 5Synonyms: luetic
plural syphilitics
- datedA 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 337Synonyms: luetic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf, relating to, or infected with syphilis.
nounA person with syphilis.
Translations
Catalan sifilític
- sifilíticrelating to syphilis
Czech syfilitický, syfilitik
- syfilitickýrelating to syphilis
- syfilitiksomeone who is infected with syphilis
Danish syfilitisk, syfilitiker
- syfilitiskrelating to syphilis
- syfilitikersomeone who is infected with syphilis
Dutch syfilitisch, luetisch
- syfilitischrelating to syphilis
- luetischrelating to syphilis
Esperanto sifilisa, sifilisulo
- sifilisarelating to syphilis
- sifilisulosomeone who is infected with syphilis
Finnish kuppatautinen
- kuppatautinenrelating to syphilis
French syphilitique
- syphilitiquerelating to syphilis
German syphilitisch, syphiliskrank
- syphilitischrelating to syphilis
- syphiliskrankrelating to syphilis
Greek συφιλιδικός
- συφιλιδικός (syfilidikós)relating to syphilis
Italian sifilitico
- sifiliticorelating to syphilis
Portuguese sifilítico
- sifilíticorelating to syphilis
Romanian sifilitic
- sifiliticrelating to syphilis
Spanish sifilítico
- sifilíticorelating to syphilis
Cite this entry
syphilitic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/syphilitic
“syphilitic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/syphilitic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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