| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | scab·rous |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  sk b r s, sk brs |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Having or covered with scales or small projections and rough to the touch. See synonyms at rough. 2. Difficult to handle; knotty: a scabrous situation. 3. Dealing with scandalous or salacious material: a scabrous novel. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin scabr sus, from scaber, scabr-, scurfy. | | OTHER FORMS: | scabrous·ly —ADVERB
scabrous·ness —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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