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. convex then plane, rather hygr. dark purple-bay then paler, edge striate, pellucid; g. nearly free, whitish then tinged purple-bay; s. bay, apex paler and scurfy, pale flocculose; flesh coloured. floccipes, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 2-3 mm. convex, scurfy; g. free; s. 2-3 cm. minutely hairy below, fixed by a minute downy disc; sp. subgl. 3-4. discopoda, L�v.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Lepis, Greek for a scale, whence Lepidote, leprous; covered with scurfy scales.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa