adjective · rare

scurvy

scurvy · scurvier · scurviest

середній

средний, злой, мощный

gemein, böse, Mittel-

Affected or covered with scurf or scabsAffected or covered with scurf (“skin disease causing flakes of skin to fall off”) or scabs; scurfy, scabby; also, of or relating to a skin disease causing scurf or to scurvy (noun sense 1).

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UK/ˈskɜːvi/US/ˈskɜɹvi/

» Tom has scurvy.

Tom hat Skorbut.

У Тома цинга.

Meaning

4 senses

(obsolete)Affected or covered with scurf (“skin disease causing flakes of skin to fall off”) or scabs; scurfy, scabby; also, of or relating to a skin disease causing scurf or to scurvy (noun sense 1).
(broadly, obsolete)Of growths on plants: resembling scurf; scurfy.
(archaic, figuratively)Of a person or thing: disgustingly mean; contemptible, despicable, low.
a scurvy knave a scurvy trick
(archaic, figuratively)Of the way someone is treated: poor, shabby.

More definitions

of the most contemptible kind

Examples

14 sentences

Tom has scurvy.
ruУ Тома цинга.
deTom hat Skorbut.
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Make sure you don't get scurvy.
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The poor sailors suffered from scurvy.
ruБедные моряки страдали от цинги.
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We'll surely avoid scurvy if we all eat an orange.
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To fight scurvy, we added rose hips and black currant syrup to our food.
ruЧтобы бороться с цингой, мы в пищу добавляли плоды шиповника, сироп чёрной смородины.
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Origin

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English scurvi, scurvy, variants of scurfi (“hav

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English scurvi, scurvy, variants of scurfi (“having scurf, scabby”), from scurf (“skin disease causing scabs or scales; flakes of skin that fall off due to a skin disease, etc.”) + -i (suffix forming adjectives). Scurf is derived from Old English scurf, from Proto-Germanic *skurf- (“to gnaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off, sever; to divide, separate”). By surface analysis, scurf (“skin disease; flakes of skin that fall off due to a skin disease; crust-like formations on the skin”) + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives).

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