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scabby

[ skab-ee ]

adjective

, scab·bi·er, scab·bi·est.
  1. covered with scabs; having many scabs.
  2. consisting of scabs.
  3. (of an animal or plant) having scab.
  4. Informal. mean or contemptible:

    a scabby trick.



scabby

/ ˈskæbɪ /

adjective

  1. pathol having an area of the skin covered with scabs
  2. obsolete.
    pathol having scabies
  3. informal.
    despicable
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈscabbily, adverb
  • ˈscabbiness, noun
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Other Words From

  • scabbi·ly adverb
  • scabbi·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scabby1

First recorded in 1520–30; scab + -y 1
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Example Sentences

One was barely alive, her tiny body almost furless, her skin scabby and inflamed, her tail a sparsity of filaments.

Or scabby, old, fake floral arrangements with more dust than petals.

The sheep get scabby from a microbe under the skin, which causes them to itch fearfully, and they lose their wool.

When a man grows scabby, take him to the bath, give him a thorough cleaning, put clean clothes on him—and he will get well.

It was that scabby greenhorn who must have taken it into her head.

In the whole fair there aren't more than four scabby rams and the Saint Joseph's ass.

It is mine,” quickly replied Rabbit, “and the little scabby heifer belongs to Elephant.

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