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scabrous

[ skab-ruhs ]

adjective

  1. having a rough surface because of minute points or projections.
  2. indecent or scandalous; risqué; obscene:

    scabrous books.

    Synonyms: , ,

  3. full of difficulties.


scabrous

/ ˈɪə /

adjective

  1. roughened because of small projections; scaly
  2. indelicate, indecent, or salacious

    scabrous humour

  3. difficult to deal with; knotty
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈdzܲ, adverb
  • ˈdzܲԱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ۴dzܲ· adverb
  • ۴dzܲ·Ա noun
  • ܲ·۴dzܲ adjective
  • un·۴dzܲ· adverb
  • un·۴dzܲ·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of scabrous1

1575–85; < Latin scab ( e ) r rough + -ous
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of scabrous1

C17: from Latin scaber rough; related to scabies
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The chances of a humorous newspaper ever taking up the cudgel against Islam – in the way that Charlie Hebdo used regularly and scabrously to do against Christianity and Judaism – are zero.

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The theater lost the case, and both “Saved” and Bond’s next play, “Early Morning,” a scabrous satire on British royalty, were banned in Britain.

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His songs blended the scabrous and the sentimental, ranging from carousing anthems to snapshots of life in the gutter to unexpectedly tender love songs.

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“Where I’m From” and “From Tha Gods to Earth” are scabrous and violent, usually getting their licks in less than two minutes.

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He was primarily known for unleashing that arsenal in scabrously witty and linguistically daring novels, but he was also an essayist, memoirist and critic of the first rank.

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