sca´brous|ness

sca´brous|ness
sca|brous «SKAY bruhs», adjective.
1. rough with very small points or projections: »

scabrous skin.

SYNONYM(S): scraggly.
2. full of difficulties; harsh; thorny: »

scabrous questions, a scabrous situation.

3. hard to treat with decency; indelicate; risqué: »

The inhabitants mix, mate, and mismate in a series of scabrous sexual exercises (Time).

╂[< Late Latin scabrōsus < Latin scaber scaly, related to scabere to scratch, scrape]
–sca´brous|ly, adverb.
–sca´brous|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • sca´brous|ly — sca|brous «SKAY bruhs», adjective. 1. rough with very small points or projections: »scabrous skin. SYNONYM(S): scraggly. 2. full of difficulties; harsh; thorny: »scabrous questions, a scabrous situation. 3. hard to treat with decency; …   Useful english dictionary

  • sca|brous — «SKAY bruhs», adjective. 1. rough with very small points or projections: »scabrous skin. SYNONYM(S): scraggly. 2. full of difficulties; harsh; thorny: »scabrous questions, a scabrous situation. 3. hard to treat with decency; …   Useful english dictionary

  • Scabrousness — Sca brous*ness, n. The quality of being scabrous. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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