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   scurvy

   /ˈskəːvi/

   noun

   • 1. a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, characterized by swollen bleeding gums and the opening of previously healed wounds, which particularly affected poorly nourished sailors until the end of the 18th century: "the ravages of scurvy"

   adjective

   • 1. worthless or contemptible: archaic "that was a scurvy trick"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as an adjective meaning ‘scurfy’): from scurf + -y1. The noun use (mid 16th century) is by association with French scorbut (see scorbutic).

   Derivatives

   • 1. scurvily adverb
   • 2. scurvied adjective

   Scrabble Points: 14

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   • C

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   • U

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   • R

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   • V

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   • Y

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