scabby

English

Etymology

From Middle English scabby, scabbie, equivalent to scab +‎ -y. Doublet of shabby.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskæb.i/
  • Rhymes: -æbi

Adjective

scabby (comparative scabbier, superlative scabbiest)

  1. Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
    • Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene
      Her wrizled skin, as rough as maple rind,
      So scabby was, that would have loath'd all womankind.
  2. Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy.

Translations

References

  • scabby in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • scabby in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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