scab·rous 
(skăbrəs, skābrəs)
(skăbrəs, skābrəs)adj.
1. Having or covered with scales or small projections and rough to the touch: a scabrous scar; a plant with scabrous leaves.
2. Dealing with scandalous or salacious material: a scabrous novel.
[Late Latin scabrōsus, from scaber, scabr-, scurfy.]
scabrous·ly adv.
scabrous·ness n.