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SCURFY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scurfy mean?
• SCURFY (adjective)
The adjective SCURFY has 2 senses:
1. having or producing or covered with scurf
2. rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
Familiarity information: SCURFY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: scurfiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or producing or covered with scurf
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
scurf ((botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts)
Derivation:
scurf ((botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
Synonyms:
lepidote; leprose; scabrous; scaly; scurfy
Similar:
rough; unsmooth (having or caused by an irregular surface)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
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