Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scabious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables: scabi-ous
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

Of or pertaining to scabies.

noun

Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Scabiosa.

noun

Any of several plants of the genus Knautia.

Example Sentences

"The grassy track, so gay with scabious and bedstraw, was snow-white at the bottom of its ruts."

Etymology

From Medieval Latin scabiōsus (“scabious”), from Latin scabiēs (see scabies); partly reinterpretable as scab + -ious.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: scabiōsus, scabiēs, scabiōsa

Inflected Forms

more scabious (comparative) most scabious (superlative) scabiouses (plural)

Derived Forms

antiscabious

Phrases

blue scabious devil's bit scabious field scabious sheep's bit scabious sweet scabious

Frequently Paired Words

scabrous

Synonyms

scabiosa

Questions

What does scabious mean?: Having scabs.
Where does scabious come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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