scurfy

American  

[skur-fee] / ˈskɜr fi /

adjective

scurfier, scurfiest

1. resembling, producing, or covered with or as if with scurf.

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Etymology

Origin of scurfy

First recorded in 1475–85; scurf + -y ¹

Example Sentences

The duo mapped a piece of chromosome from a scurfy mouse, a huge undertaking at the time, and planned to look at 20 genes in that area.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

The lurching subway car on New York's ancient IRT line was a meticu lous replica of the real thing, complete with dirty windows and a scurfy litter of candy wrappers on the floor.

From Time Magazine Archive

P. conico-cylindr. then exp. greyish white, disc pale rufous, plicate, scurfy; g. free; s. flaccid, glabrous, pallid; sp. 6-8 � 5-7. radiatus, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Stellate-downy or scurfy, or hairy and glandular; leaves mostly entire.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

P. 4-7 cm. exp. obtuse, dry, glabrous, yellow or tawny yellow; g. yellow then tawny; s. 5-9 cm. solid, equal, incurved, scurfy above entire ring; sp. 7-9 � 4.5-5. tuberculosa, Schaeff.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George