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Scabrousness

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scab·rous  (skbrs, skbrs)
adj.
1. Having or covered with scales or small projections and rough to the touch. See Synonyms at rough.
2. Difficult to handle; knotty: a scabrous situation.
3. Dealing with scandalous or salacious material: a scabrous novel.
[Late Latin scabrsus, from scaber, scabr-, scurfy.]
scabrous·ly adv.
scabrous·ness n.
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