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English
Pronunciation
Noun
scars
- plural of scar
Verb
scars
- third-person singular simple present indicative of scar
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Northern French scars, escars, possibly from Late Latin *excarpsus; see scarce for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skaːrs/, /skars/
- (with assimilation) IPA(key): /skaːs/
Adjective
scars
- Rare, scarce; not common or widespread.
- Insufficient, lacking; not enough.
- Frugal, thrifty; selective with money or resources.
- (rare) Narrow, tight; lacking space.
Descendants
References
- “scā̆rs(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “escā̆rs, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Adverb
scars
- Scarcely, sparingly, infrequently.
- (rare) Moderately, temperately.
Descendants
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Noun
scars
- (uncommon) Deficiency, rarity.
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