scurvy
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).
» Tom has scurvy.
Tom hat Skorbut. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
У Тома цинга. — Wezel
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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.
- of the most contemptible kind
Examples
14 sentencesTom has scurvy.
ruУ Тома цинга. — Wezel
deTom hat Skorbut. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Make sure you don't get scurvy.
The poor sailors suffered from scurvy.
ruБедные моряки страдали от цинги. — marafon
We'll surely avoid scurvy if we all eat an orange.
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. — AqQoyriq_1
Origin
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English scurvi, scurvy, variants of scurfi (“havThe 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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Forms
scurvier, scurviestSynonyms
89 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.