SCURVY

6 letters 14 Scrabble points

Definition of SCURVY

noun

  1. A disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth and bleeding into the skin and from almost all mucous membranes.

Related words: Barlow's disease Cheadle's disease Cheadle-Möller-Barlow syndrome Moeller's disease Möller-Barlow disease land scurvy scorbutus
adjective

  1. Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy.

  2. Contemptible, despicable, low, disgustingly mean.

    "a scurvy trick; a scurvy knave"

Related words: roynish scabrous miserable paltry shabby

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters S C U R V Y
Length 6 letters
Scrabble Score 14 points

Words Containing "SCURVY"

BESCURVY SCURVYWEED

Words Starting with "SCURVY"

SCURVYWEED

Words Ending with "SCURVY"

BESCURVY