scurfy
/ˈskɜː(ɹ)fi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
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!""
Etymology
From scurf + -y.