Scurfy vs Scurvy - What's the difference?
scurfy | scurvy |
(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.
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Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy.
* Bible, Leviticus xxi. 18, 20
Contemptible, despicable, low, disgustingly mean.
* Jonathan Swift
* 1610 , , act 3 scene 2
As adjectives the difference between scurfy and scurvy
is that scurfy is covered with scurf while scurvy is covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy.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.scurvy
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(wikipedia scurvy)Noun
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Synonyms
* (vitamin C deficiency disease) Barlow's disease, , scorbutusDerived terms
* scurvy grassAdjective
(er)- whatsoever man be scurvy or scabbed
- a scurvy''' trick; a '''scurvy knave
- that scurvy custom of taking tobacco
- What a pied ninny's this! Thou scurvy patch!
Derived terms
* scurvily * scurvinessSee also
* morphewReferences
* * * *Who Named It?last accessed 28-Mar-2007
