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scabrous

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈskeɪbɹəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted abcorssuStarts with SEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. dealing with salacious or indecent material

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin scaber (“scabrous, rough; scabby, mangy, itchy”) (from scabō (“to scratch, scrape, abrade”), from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to scratch”)) + English -ous; compare French scabreux, Late Latin scabrōsus.

Used in a sentence

  • After the incident with the gasoline, Noel’s burnt arm remained scabrous and was susceptible to infections.
  • I was ſurpriz'd to ſee Mars continue quite round, though hardly, to Appearance, disjoin'd from the ſcabrous Edge of the Moon; but that Inſtant I thought it began to loſe its Figure.—Clouds.
  • The novel was a flagrantly scabrous bodice-ripper, and Rachael was ashamed to read it in public.

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