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scabrous
/ ˈskeɪbrəs /
adjective
- roughened because of small projections; scaly
- indelicate, indecent, or salacious
scabrous humour
- difficult to deal with; knotty
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Derived Forms
- ˈscabrously, adverb
- ˈscabrousness, noun
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Other Words From
- scabrous·ly adverb
- scabrous·ness noun
- un·scabrous adjective
- un·scabrous·ly adverb
- un·scabrous·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scabrous1
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Example Sentences
From Romantic squish to scabrous satirist to rebel wrangler to, finally, Ambassador of Goodwill.
Lucretius is scabrous and rough in these; he seeks them: as some do Chaucerisms with us, which were better expunged and banished.
The spores are rounded, and rough (scabrous) on the surface.
Whereupon Khalid, who was then in the first of his teens, takes a big scabrous rock and sends it flying against that door.
Then we incontinently proceed to stone him to death with scabrous adjectives!
Blades long, dark green, succulent and scabrous: ridges numerous and flat above, but distinct (Fig. 9).
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