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   scabrous

   /ˈskeɪbrəs/

   adjective

   • 1. rough and covered with, or as if with, scabs: "his face was scabrous and lumpy"
   • ▪ unpleasant; unattractive: "a scabrous hovel"
   • 2. indecent; salacious: "scabrous details included being regularly seen with a mistress"

   Word Origin late 16th century (first used to describe an author's style as ‘harsh, unmusical, unpolished’): from French scabreux or late Latin scabrosus, from Latin scaber ‘rough’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. scabrously adverb
   • 2. scabrousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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