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Definition of Scurviness
1. n. The quality or state of being scurvy; vileness; meanness.
Definition of Scurviness
1. Noun. The quality or state of being scurvy; vileness; meanness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scurviness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scurviness
Literary usage of Scurviness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1877)
"... who, to the mean timidity and rapacity of a bad Jew add a mercurial slipperiness
and scurviness peculiar to their own race, are to be found at Pera; ..."
2. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1867)
"It has been used in some parts of America as a substitute for soap, and in this
country as a detergent in scurviness and baldness of the head. ..."
3. Franklin in France by Edward Everett Hale (1886)
"The boils, however, left round them a kind of dry scab or scurviness, which being
rubbed off, appeared in the form of white bran. My giddiness left me. ..."
4. The Salon: Letters on Art, Music, Popular Life and Politics in Paris by Heinrich Heine (1893)
"... imported hither from Prague, and this beautiful youth, who really looks like
an Adonis of scurviness, now accompanies him everywhere about Paris. ..."
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