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English
Etymology
From Middle English scabby, scabbie, equivalent to scab + -y. Doublet of shabby.
Pronunciation
Adjective
scabby (comparative scabbier, superlative scabbiest)
- Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
- Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy.
- (printing) Having a blotched, uneven appearance.
- Injured by the attachment of barnacles to the carapace of a shell.
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References
- “scabby”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “scabby”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.