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English
Etymology
From squamous + -y, where -ous was elided to extract the root. The reduplicated ⟨m⟩ is akin to runny, brimmy, etc. The Philippine slang sense is a semantic loan from Tagalog iskuwater, itself from Philippine English squatter (“poor vagrant; illegal informal settler”) due to resemblance of the first syllable. Compare Tagalog iskuwami.
Pronunciation
Adjective
squammy (comparative squammier, superlative squammiest)
- (dated) Synonym of squamous (“Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly.”)
- Synonyms: squamous, squamose, squamulose; see also Thesaurus:scaly
- Antonyms: esquamulose, scaleless
- (Philippines, colloquial, slang) trashy; classless; unrefined; crass; uncultured; vulgar; uncouth (lacking refinement)