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

They were looking at “scurfy” mice; males are unexpectedly born with flaky skin and enlarged spleens and only live for a few weeks, because their organs are attacked by their own immune cells.

From The Wall Street Journal

Seeds flattened, wingless.—Low and much branched shrubs, with nearly evergreen and coriaceous leaves, which are scurfy, especially underneath.

From Project Gutenberg

Priscilla smiled at the General as he emerged from the hands of Jane, "red and scurfy," just as he had said.

From Project Gutenberg

Underneath, the leaf is always scurfy, even when the ripening turns its color from bronze to brown, yellow or dull red.

From Project Gutenberg

The winter buds are compressed, scurfy, and of a bright yellow color.

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