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scall

UK/skɔːl/US/skɔl/

scall adjective: mean; wretched.

Adjective

scall

  1. Mean; wretched.

Noun

scall (countable and uncountable, plural scalls)

  1. A scurf or scabby disease, especially of the scalp.
    • It is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 13:30
  2. Loose ground.

scall meaning in Tamil

scall in Tamil

மண்டைத் தோல்

Forms of scall

pluralscalls

Origin of scall

Inherited from Middle English scalle, assumed to stem from Old Norse skalli (“bald heard, skull”), from Proto-Germanic *skallô; compare Finnish kallo (“skull”). However, the later form scald, coincides with Old Norse *skolð, Old Swedish skoldh, skold, skol, Swedish skål, skoll, skolla, Danish skold, skolde, Norwegian skåld (“scurf, rash”).

Words formed from scall

Questions about scall

What does scall mean?
Scall means mean; wretched.
What is scall in Tamil?
Scall in Tamil is மண்டைத் தோல். See Scall meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is scall?
Scall can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce scall?
Scall is pronounced /skɔːl/ (UK).

Words near scall in the dictionary

  1. scalings
  2. scaliola
  3. Scalis
  4. Scalise
  5. Scalises
  6. scall
  7. Scallan
  8. Scallans
  9. scallawag
  10. scallawaggery
  11. scallawags

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scall (page history and authors); scall (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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