Definition of Scratchier

1. Adjective. (comparative of scratchy) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scratchier

1. scratchy [adj] - See also: scratchy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scratchier

scratchbacks
scratchboard
scratchboards
scratchbrush
scratchbrushes
scratchcard
scratchcards
scratched
scratched one's head
scratcher
scratchers
scratches
scratches one's head
scratcheth
scratchie
scratchier (current term)
scratchies
scratchiest
scratchily
scratchiness
scratchinesses
scratching
scratching one's head
scratching post
scratching posts
scratchingly
scratchings
scratchiti
scratchless
scratchlike

Literary usage of Scratchier

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer (1900)
"... (hcad scratchier). The former was a hollowed swan bone to drink with, any other mode of drinking being unlawful to her. The latter was fork-like and was ..."

2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"The sense is ' gnawer,' ie in the case of the finger-nails, • scratchier,' and, in the case of the peg, ' piercer.' All from the Teut. base NAG, to gnaw, ..."

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