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

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Example Sentences

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scurfy

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. obovate then campan. striate, whitish, rather scurfy, disc prominent, tinged brown; 3-4 mm.; g. free, distant; s. 1.5-2.5, pellucid, white, downy; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

P. 1-2 cm. resupinate, plano-depr. orbicular, pallid scurfy or downy, edge involute; g. ochraceous; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

Seeds carunculate.—Stellate-downy, or scurfy, or hairy and glandular plants, mostly strong-scented; the fertile flowers usually at the base of the sterile spike or cluster.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray

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