scabrous
English
/ˈskeɪbɹəs/, /ˈskæbɹəs/
adj
Definitions
- Covered with scales or scabs; hence, very coarse or rough.
- (figurative) Disgusting, repellent.
- (figurative) Of music, writing, etc.: lacking refinement; unmelodious, unmusical.
- (figurative) Difficult, thorny, troublesome.
- (figurative) Covered with a crust of dirt or grime.
Etymology
Derived from Latin scaber (scabrous, mangy, scabby, rough, itchy, roughAdjective) derived from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (scratch, split, cut, carve, hold up, shape, form).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*skabʰ-
Gloss
scratch, split, cut, carve, hold up, shape, form
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
体
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -ious English
- -ous English
- ambisinistrous English
- scabrously English
- scabrousness English
- scabrule English
- scaber Latin
- scabo Latin
- scabrōsus Latin
- scabreus Dutch, Flemish
- -eux French
- scabreux French
- *skabʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *skabaną Proto-Germanic
- *skabbaz Proto-Germanic
- -ous Middle English
- -oza Ido
- *skambʰás Proto-Indo-Iranian