scabrous

Meaning

  1. Covered with scales or scabs; hence, very coarse or rough.
  2. Disgusting, repellent.
  3. Salacious, scandalous; concerning oneself with lurid or lascivious substance.
  4. Of music, writing, etc.: lacking refinement; unmelodious, unmusical.
  5. Difficult, thorny, troublesome.
  6. Covered with a crust of dirt or grime.
  7. Having scabers.

Hyphenated as
sca‧brous
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈskeɪbɹəs/
Etymology

In summary

From Latin scaber (“scabrous, rough; scabby, mangy, itchy”) (from scabō (“to scratch, scrape, abrade”), from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to scratch”)) + English -ous; compare French scabreux, Late Latin scabrōsus.

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