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Definitions: Scurfy |
ScurfyAdjective1. Having or producing or covered with scurf. 2. (biology) rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Scurfy \Scurf"y\, adjective. [Comparative Scurfier; superlative Scurfiest.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: ScurfySynonyms: lepidote (adj), leprose (adj), scabrous (adj), scaly (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Uncleanness | Decayed, moldy, musty, mildewed, rusty, moth-eaten, mucid, rancid, weak, bad, gone bad, etercoral, lentiginous, touched, fusty, effete, reasty, rotten, corrupt, tainted, high, flyblown, maggoty; putrid, putrefactive, putrescent, putrefied; saprogenic, saprogenous; purulent, carious, peccant; fecal, feculent; stercoraceous, excrementitious; scurfy, scurvy, impetiginous; gory, bloody; rotting; Verb: rotten as a pear, rotten as cheese. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Scurfy |
| English words defined with "scurfy": ague grass, ague root, Aletris farinosa ♦ Furfuraceous ♦ gray polypody ♦ Leather leaf, Lepidoted ♦ Malanders, Morphew ♦ Pellicularia filamentosa, Polypodium polypodioides, potato fungus ♦ resurrection fern, Rhizoctinia solani, Roin ♦ Scall, Scalled, Scurfiness, Shepherdia. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "scurfy": Scalled. (references) |
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Albanian | zgjebanik (mangy, scabby), me zbokth, i leskëruar (scaled, scaly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | покрит с люспици, покрит с пърхот. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | lupovitý. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | croûteuxse, croûteux (scabbed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schorfig (scabbed, scabby, scaly, speckled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κασιδιάρησ, πιτυρίων. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | korpás (scaly, whole meal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | forforoso. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | carragh (carious, crazy, rocky, rough, scab, scurvy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urfyscay casposo. (various references) покрытый налетом (glaucous), покрытый перхотью. (various references) perutav. (various references) cubierto de incrustaciones, casposo. (various references) skorvig. (various references) konaklı, kepekli (furfuraceous, whole wheat, wholemeal). (various references) покритий накипом (scaly), покритий лупою (scurvy). (various references) cennog (scaly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Aulacaspis rosae, Diaspis rosae. (various references) |
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Misspellings | |
"Scurfy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: scaffy, Scryfa, Scurfe, scurfs, scurvey, scury, skurf, skury, smurfy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-f-r-s-u-y" | |
-1 letter: curfs, scurf, surfy. | |
-2 letters: crus, curf, curs, furs, fury, scry, surf. | |
-3 letters: cry, cur, fry, fur. | |
-4 letters: us. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-f-r-s-u-y" | |
+1 letter: scruffy. | |
+3 letters: scruffily. | |
+4 letters: scornfully. | |
+5 letters: ferociously, fluoroscopy, fractiously, obfuscatory. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 63 75 72 66 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. ..- .-. ..-. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01110101 01110010 01100110 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c u r f y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 0075 0072 0066 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)536987847291 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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