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shabby
English
Etymology
From shab (“scab”) +? -y, or directly from an alteration of scabby. Cognate with Scots shabby (“in poor health, ill”), Dutch schabbig (“poor, needy, shabby”), Middle Low German schabbich (“miserable”), German schäbig (“shabby”), Swedish skabbig (“scabby”), Swedish sjabbig (“shabby, mangy, scruffy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æb.i/
- Rhymes: -æbi
Adjective
shabby (comparative shabbier, superlative shabbiest)
- Torn or worn; unkempt.
- Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments.
- Mean; paltry; despicable.
Derived terms
- shabby-genteel
- shabby chic
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shabbiness
English
Etymology
shabby +? -ness
Noun
shabbiness (countable and uncountable, plural shabbinesses)
- The property of being shabby.
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
- He didn’t mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbiness doesn't matter.
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
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