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单词 scoury
释义

scouryadj.1

Forms: pre-1700 skowry, 1700s–1800s scoury, 1700s–1900s scowrie, 1800s scoory, 1800s– scourie.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: scurvy adj.
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a variant of scurvy adj., although this is first attested later in extended use, and the precise phonological development is unclear.Compare also Scots †scour (noun) disreputable person, rascal (1887; probably a back-formation < scoury adj.1):1887 Arbroath Guide 30 Apr. 3 A tricky, ill-doin' scoor. Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈscoury.
Scottish.
Shabby, disreputable.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > shabbily dressed
scoury?a1513
olda1616
shabby1669
dowdy1676
duddy1718
seedy1725
schleppy1966
schlubby1968
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > [adjective] > of ill repute
unhonesta1382
ill-famed1483
scoury?a1513
renownless1552
uncredited1586
bankrupt1601
discredited1605
disopinioned1622
creditless1660
unreputable1688
irreputable1709
low-lifed?1750
louche1819
characterless1825
disreputable1828
pikey1838
shady1862
lowlife1939
sleazoid1976
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 245 The tod wes nowder lene nor skowry. He wes ane lusty, reid haird lowry.
1796 A. Wilson Loss o' Pack 2 I wha stand here, in this bare scoury coat, Was ance a packman.
a1894 J. Shaw in R. Wallace Country Schoolmaster (1899) 352 A ‘scoory-looking blade’, a broken-down looking tramp.

Derivatives

ˈscouriness n.
ΚΠ
1814 C. I. Johnstone Saxon & Gaël III. 58 (Jam.) That little whippy maun be casting up our poortith and your scouriness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

scouryadj.2

Etymology: ? < scour v.2 + -y suffix1.
Obsolete. rare.
? Scouring, bitter, sharp.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > cold or keen
keen1340
bleaky1687
scourya1774
naked1822
scything1822
shy1828
a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 165 May Scotia's simmers ay look gay and green, Her yellow har'st frae scowry blasts decreed!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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