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scurvy
English
Etymology
Noun usage possibly from the adjective scurvy influenced by or a variant of scurfy. Took on meaning of Dutch scheurbuik, French scorbut (“scurvy”), possibly from Old Norse skyrbjúgr, skyr (“sour milk”) + bjúgr (“swelling, tumour”) whence the Icelandic skyrbjúgur (“scurvy”). Compare German Scharbock, Late Latin scorbutus. Alternatively from Middle Dutch, from Middle Low German.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??(?)vi
Noun
scurvy (usually uncountable, plural scurvies)
- (medicine) 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.
Synonyms
- (vitamin C deficiency disease): Barlow's disease, Cheadle-Möller-Barlow syndrome, Cheadle's disease, land scurvy, Moeller's disease, Möller-Barlow disease, scorbutus
Derived terms
- scurvy grass
Related terms
- -scorbic
- scorbic
- ascorbic
- scorbutic
Translations
Adjective
scurvy (comparative scurvier, superlative scurviest)
- 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
Synonyms
- (affected with scurf or scabs): roynish, scabrous; see also Thesaurus:scabby
- (contemptible): miserable, paltry, shabby; see also Thesaurus:despicable
Derived terms
- scurvily
- scurviness
Translations
See also
- morphew
References
- scurvy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “scurvy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- Who Named It? last accessed 28-Mar-2007
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dastardly
English
Etymology
dastard +? -ly
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d??st?dli/, /?dæst?dli/
- (US) IPA(key): /?dæst?dli/
Adjective
dastardly (comparative dastardlier, superlative dastardliest)
- in the manner of a dastard; marked by cowardice; pusillanimous
- treacherous; given to backstabbing
Quotations
- "the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on...December 7th" - Franklin D. Roosevelt in response to the attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
Adverb
dastardly
- In a cowardly or treacherous fashion.
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