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scurf

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/skɜː(ɹ)f/

Definition of scurf

7 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A skin disease.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A skin disease.
  2. (countable, uncountable)The flakes of skin that fall off as a result of a skin disease.
  3. (countable, uncountable)Any crust-like formations on the skin, or in general.
    “There ſtood a Hill not far whoſe frieſly top / Belch'd fire and rowling ſmoak; the reſt entire / Shon with a gloſſie ſcurff, undoubted ſign / That in his womb was hid metallic Ore,”
  4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)The foul remains of anything adherent.
    “The Scurf is worn away, of each committed Crime”
  5. (countable, uncountable)Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot.
  6. (countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable)A low, mean person.
  7. A grey bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus).

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Etymology

From scurf (“skin disease causing scabs or scales; flakes of skin that fall off due to a skin disease, etc.”), from Old English scurf, from Proto-Germanic *skurf- (“to gnaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off, sever; to divide, separate”). Cognate with Dutch schurft, German Schorf, Danish skurv, Swedish skorv.

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