Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - scabrous
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Scabrous
scabrous
adjective Etymology: Latin scabr-, scaber rough, scurfy; akin to Latin scabere to scratch — more at scab Date: 1646 1. difficult, knotty a ~ problem 2. rough to the touch: as a. having small raised dots, scales, or points a ~ leaf b. covered with raised, roughened, or unwholesome patches ~ paint ~ skin 3. dealing with suggestive, indecent, or scandalous themes ; salacious; also squalid Synonyms: see rough • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun
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adj. 1 having a rough surface; bearing short stiff hairs, scales, etc.; scurfy. 2 (of a subject, situation, etc.) requiring tactful treatment; hard to handle with decency. 3 a indecent, salacious. b behaving licentiously. Derivatives scabrously adv. scabrousness n. Etymology: F scabreux or LL scabrosus f. L scaber rough ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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adj. 1) bot.; zool. шершавый, шероховатый 2) щекотливый, деликатный; a scabrous problem - сложная проблема 3) скабрезный ...Англо-русский словарь
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If you describe something as scabrous, you mean that it deals with sex or describes sex in a shocking way. (LITERARY) ...the scabrous lower reaches of the film business. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ adj literary rude or shocking, especially in a sexual way (The film is a joy - hilariously funny and unremittingly scabrous.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1549, from L.L. scabrosus "rough," from L. scaber "rough, scaly," related to scabere "to scratch, scrape." Sense in Eng. evolved from "harsh, unmusical," to "vulgar" (1881), "squalid" (1939) and "nasty, repulsive" (c.1951). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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