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scabby

[skab-ee]
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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.
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Origin of scabby

First recorded in 1520–30; scab + -y1
Related formsscab·bi·ly, adverbscab·bi·ness, noun
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Related Words

blotchycoarsenotchedscalyencrustedlepidotescabbyflakyfurfuraceous

Examples from the Web for scabby

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Historical Examples

  • You could not make head or tail of him; but I know their scabby lingo.

    Dariel

    R. D. Blackmore

  • Don't you have anything to do with Scabby Thompson, or you'll be sorry for it.

  • You have drunk enough of our milk, you scabby Christ-killer!

  • The skin is scaly or scabby, sometimes appearing like a large seed-wart.

    Domestic Animals

    Richard L. Allen

  • I cant keep run of all the scabby customers he brings in here.

    The Heart of Canyon Pass

    Thomas K. Holmes

British Dictionary definitions for scabby

scabby

adjective -bier or -biest
  1. pathol having an area of the skin covered with scabs
  2. pathol obsolete having scabies
  3. informal despicable
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Derived Formsscabbily, adverbscabbiness, noun
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scabby in Medicine

scabby

(skăb′ē)
adj.
  1. Having, consisting of, or covered with scabs.
  2. Affected with scab or scabies.
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