scabbed

[ skab-id, skabd ]

/ ˈskæb ɪd, skæbd /

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adjective

covered with or affected by scabs.

Obsolete. mean or petty.

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Origin of scabbed

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at scab, -ed³

scab·bed·ness, nounun·scab·bed, adjective

Anbury causes a scabbed and broken skin, and tubercular growths on the roots and at the base of the bulb.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
The inside has rather the look of meat, for it is reddish and all streaked and scabbed with this pox and with discoloured chalk.
The Old Front Line|John Masefield
Fed by slaves from the cradle, hag-ridden by his vices; a purple young bully, a product of filthy sloth, scabbed with privilege.
Rest Harrow|Maurice Hewlett
She had left a great bed of coals on the hearth, and the glow shone redly on his frost-scabbed face.
North of Fifty-Three|Bertrand W. Sinclair

What, shall I dishonour my fair sumptuous and gay house with such a scabbed creephedge as he?
The Life of John Bunyan|Edmund Venables