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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Scurvy \Scur"vy\, a. [Compar. {Scurvier}; superl. {Scurviest}.] [From {Scurf}; cf. {Scurvy}, n.] 1. Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy. [bd]Whatsoever man . . . be scurvy or scabbed.[b8] --lev. xxi. 18, 20. 2. Vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible. [bd]A scurvy trick.[b8] --Ld. Lytton. That scurvy custom of taking tobacco. --Swift. [He] spoke spoke such scurvy and provoking terms. --Shak. | |
