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Scurvy

noun
Word Frequency: 0.8

Definitions

1.nounA 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.
2.adjectiveCovered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy.
3.adjectiveContemptible, despicable, low, disgustingly mean.
"a scurvy trick; a scurvy knave"

Synonyms

Barlow's diseaseCheadle's diseaseCheadle-Möller-Barlow syndromeMoeller's diseaseMöller-Barlow diseaseland scurvyscorbutusroynishscabrousmiserablepaltryshabby

Rhymes With

nervycurvytopsy-turvycurveyturvycurve ecurve hecurve v
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