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Scabrous   Listen
adjective
Scabrous  adj.  
1.
Rough to the touch, like a file; having small raised dots, scales, or points; scabby; scurfy; scaly.
2.
Fig.: Harsh; unmusical. (R.) "His verse is scabrous and hobbling."





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"Scabrous" Quotes from Famous Books



... could make you a co-defendant by so easy a precaution as securing your acquaintance and regard. Don't throw the first stone, of course, but when convinced that your friend is a proper target, heave away with a right hearty good-will, and let the stone be of serviceable dimensions, scabrous, textured flintwise and delivered with ...
— The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays - 1909 • Ambrose Bierce


Words linked to "Scabrous" :   leprose, scurfy, dirty, biology, biological science, lepidote, rough


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