scabby

English

Etymology

From Middle English scabby, scabbie, equivalent to scab +‎ -y. Doublet of shabby.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskæb.i/
• Rhymes: -æbi

Adjective

scabby (comparative scabbier, superlative scabbiest)

1. Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
   • Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene

     Her wrizled skin, as rough as maple rind,
     So scabby was, that would have loath'd all womankind.

2. Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy.
3. (printing) Having a blotched, uneven appearance.
4. Injured by the attachment of barnacles to the carapace of a shell.

Synonyms

• (affected with scabs): reef, scabrous; see also Thesaurus:scabby

Translations

full of scabs

• Finnish: rupinen (fi)
• French: croûteux (fr)
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• Occitan: crostós
• Russian: шелуди́вый (ru) (šeludívyj), парши́вый (ru) (paršívyj)

diseased with scab

• Finnish: syyhyinen
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References

• “scabby”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “scabby”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.