Scurfy

Quick meaning: Scurfy is an adjective meaning Characterized by scurf; covered with scurf.

Meaning

Characterized by scurf; covered with scurf.

Example Sentences

Many of these natives, especially the lower classes, and fishermen, have their skins disfigured in a singular manner, by a sort of scurfy disease, similar to the ring-worm, or rather to a person whose skin was peeling off from the effects of the sun.

"[A]nd who do you think were sittting there? Why, my mother and your father of course, both mending boots; and all of a sudden my mother gave your father such a blow with an old boot, that the scurf flew out of his hair!" "There you tell a lie," shouted the princess; "my father never was scurfy!"

Word Forms

• scurfier
• scurfiest
• scurvy

Synonyms for scurfy

Depending on context, synonyms include scabrous, rough, scaly, lepidote, unsmooth, leprose.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include scabrous, leprose, rough, unsmooth, scaly, lepidote.

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