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scorbutic

scorbutic adjective: of, pertaining to, or suffering from scurvy.

Adjective

scorbutic (comparative more scorbutic, superlative most scorbutic)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or suffering from scurvy.

scorbutic meaning in Tamil

scorbutic in Tamil

சொறி நோயாளி, சொறிகரப்பான் பிடித்தவர், சொறிகரப்பான் முதலியவற்றுக்கு ஆளான, சொறிகரப்பான் பிடித்த

Antonyms of scorbutic

Forms of scorbutic

comparativemore scorbutic
superlativemost scorbutic
alternative formscorbutical

Origin of scorbutic

From early New Latin scorbūticus (“pertaining to scurvy”), from scorbūtus (“scurvy”), from French scorbut, of Germanic origin.

Words formed from scorbutic

Questions about scorbutic

What does scorbutic mean?
Scorbutic means of, pertaining to, or suffering from scurvy.
What is scorbutic in Tamil?
Scorbutic in Tamil is சொறி நோயாளி, சொறிகரப்பான் பிடித்தவர், சொறிகரப்பான் முதலியவற்றுக்கு ஆளான. See Scorbutic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is scorbutic?
Scorbutic is an adjective.

Words near scorbutic in the dictionary

  1. scoracious
  2. scorbic
  3. Scorbus
  4. scorbut
  5. scorbute
  6. scorbutic
  7. scorbutical
  8. scorbutically
  9. scorbutogenic
  10. scorbutus
  11. scorce

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scorbutic (page history and authors); scorbutic (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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