scabrous (redirected from scabrously)

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.

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[Late Latin scabrsus, from scaber, scabr-, scurfy.]

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scabrous·ly adv.

scabrous·ness n.

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scabrous [skay-bruss]

Adjective

1. rough and scaly

2. indecent or crude: scabrous stand-up comedy [Latin scaber rough]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	scabrous - rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf lepidote, leprose, scaly, scurfy biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms rough, unsmooth - having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"
	2.	scabrous - dealing with salacious or indecent material; "a scabrous novel" dirty - (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth"