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Agonize vs Scurvy - What's the difference?

agonize | scurvy |

As a verb agonize

is to writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.

As a noun scurvy is

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.

As an adjective scurvy is

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

agonize

English

Alternative forms

* agonise

Verb

(agoniz)
  • To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
  • * (Alexander Pope):
    • To smart and agonize at every pore.
  • To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
  • * 1898 , , (Moonfleet), chapter 3:
    • So I took a last stare round, agonizing to see if there was any way of escape; but the stone walls and roof were solid enough to crush me, and the stack of casks too closely packed to hide more than a rat.

    Related terms

    * agon, agony

    scurvy

    English

    (wikipedia scurvy)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (disease) 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.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
    • , author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter , title=The British Longitude Act Reconsidered , volume=100, issue=2, page=87 , magazine= citation , passage=Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.}}

    Synonyms

    * (vitamin C deficiency disease) Barlow's disease, , scorbutus

    Derived terms

    * scurvy grass

    Related terms

    * -scorbic * scorbic * ascorbic * scorbutic

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy.
  • * Bible, Leviticus xxi. 18, 20
    • whatsoever man be scurvy or scabbed
  • Contemptible, despicable, low, disgustingly mean.
    • a scurvy''' trick; a '''scurvy knave
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • that scurvy custom of taking tobacco
  • * 1610 , , act 3 scene 2
    • What a pied ninny's this! Thou scurvy patch!

    Derived terms

    * scurvily * scurviness

    See also

    * morphew

    References

    * * * * Who Named It? last accessed 28-Mar-2007