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scabrous
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[ˈskabrəs], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- rough and covered with, or as if with, scabs
(e.g: his face was scabrous and lumpy)
- indecent; salacious
(e.g: scabrous details included being regularly seen with a mistress)
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Origin
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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’
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