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scabbed

[ skab-id, skabd ]

adjective

  1. covered with or affected by scabs.
  2. Obsolete. mean or petty.


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Other Words From

  • scabbed·ness noun
  • un·scabbed adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of scabbed1

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; scab, -ed 3

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Example Sentences

Anbury causes a scabbed and broken skin, and tubercular growths on the roots and at the base of the bulb.

The inside has rather the look of meat, for it is reddish and all streaked and scabbed with this pox and with discoloured chalk.

Fed by slaves from the cradle, hag-ridden by his vices; a purple young bully, a product of filthy sloth, scabbed with privilege.

She had left a great bed of coals on the hearth, and the glow shone redly on his frost-scabbed face.

What, shall I dishonour my fair sumptuous and gay house with such a scabbed creephedge as he?

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