scurvy
Meaning of scurvy
noun
A disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth and bleeding into the skin and from almost all mucous membranes.
adjective- Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy.
- Contemptible, despicable, low, disgustingly mean.
a scurvy trick; a scurvy knave
Information about scurvy
- The plural form of scurvy is: scurvies.
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Hyphenation of scurvy
scurvy
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- scurvy is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
scurvy synonyms
Meaning abject:
abject, low, miserable, scummy
Meaning scorbutus:
Meaning :
roynish, scabrous, paltry, shabby
Translation of scurvy
Words that rhyme with scurvy
bescurvy, curvy, topsyturvy, turvy
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