Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - scurvy
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Scurvy
scurvy
I. noun Etymology: 2~ Date: circa 1565 a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes II. adjective Etymology: scurf Date: 1579 arousing disgust or scorn ; contemptible, despicable a ~ trick Synonyms: see contemptible • scurvily adverb • scurviness noun
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n. & adj. --n. a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, characterized by swollen bleeding gums and the opening of previously healed wounds, esp. formerly affecting sailors. --adj. (scurvier, scurviest) paltry, low, mean, dishonourable, contemptible. Phrases and idioms scurvy grass any cresslike seaside plant of the genus Cochlearia, orig. taken as a cure for scurvy. Derivatives scurvied adj. scurvily adv. Etymology: SCURF + -Y(1): noun sense by assoc. with F scorbut (cf. SCORBUTIC) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. цинга 2. подлый; низкий; презренный scurvy action —- подлый поступок to play smb. a scurvy trick —- сделать кому-л. подлость 3. покрытый перхотью 4. редк. невоспитанный, грубый; хамский scurvy fellow —- хам, мужлан ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ n a disease caused by not eating foods such as fruit and vegetables that contain vitamin C (vitamin (2)) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1565, noun use of adj. scurvy (c.1425), variant of scurfy (see scurf). It took on the meaning of Du. scheurbuik, Fr. scorbut "scurvy," the disease characterized by swollen and bleeding gums, prostration, etc., from O.N. skyrbjugr, lit. "a swelling (bjugr) from drinking sour milk (skyr) on long sea voyages." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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