Definitions
A lasting mark left after injury or damage.
Word origin
From Middle English scar, scarre, a conflation of Old French escare (“scab”) (from Late Latin eschara, from Ancient Greek ἐσχάρα (eskhára, “scab left from a burn”), and thus a doublet of eschar) and Middle English skar (“incision, cut, fissure”) (from Old Norse skarð (“notch, chink, gap”), from Proto-Germanic *skardaz (“gap, cut, fragment”)). Akin to Old Norse skor (“notch, score”), Old English sċeard (“gap, cut, notch”). More at shard.
Used in a sentence
“Thus, it is wise to avoid cultivating an emotional scar, as it can play havoc with your happiness and success.”
“Her age-old weapons, flood and fire, left scars on the canyon which time will never efface.”
“Yet I'll not shed her blood; / Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Lasting mark”4 letters
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