scabrous
pronunciation
How to pronounce scabrous in British English:
UK [ˈskeɪbrəs]
How to pronounce scabrous in American English:
US [ˈskæbrəs, ˈskebrəs]
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- Adjective:
- rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
- dealing with salacious or indecent material
Word Origin
- scabrous
- scabrous: see scab
- scabrous (adj.)
- 1570s, "harsh, unmusical" (implied in scabrously), from Late Latin scabrosus "rough," from Latin scaber "rough, scaly," related to scabere "to scratch, scrape" (see scabies). Sense in English evolved to "vulgar" (1881), "squalid" (1939), and "nasty, repulsive" (c. 1951). Classical literal sense of "rough, rugged" attested in English from 1650s. Related: Scabrously; scabrousness.
Example
- 1. Margin of leaves and calyx lobes membranous , scabrous .
- 2. Her scabrous novels shocked the public .
- 3. You must be a scabrous cause you just .
- 4. Leaves and inflorescence axis glabrous or scabrous .
- 5. Branchlets grayish or grayish brown scabrous .