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scorbut

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

Obsolete; Uncountable

Borrowed from French scorbut. Doublet of scurvy and scorbutus.

scorbute (alternative)

scorbutic

What does scorbut mean?: scurvy
Where does scorbut come from?: Borrowed from French scorbut. Doublet of scurvy and scorbutus.

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