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scurfier

scurfier is the comparative form of scurfy.

Meaning of scurfy

Adjective

scurfy (comparative scurfier, superlative scurfiest)

  1. Characterized by scurf; covered with scurf.
    • Many of these natives, especially the lower classes, and fishermen, have their skins disfigured in a singular manner, by a sort of scurfy disease, similar to the ring-worm, or rather to a person whose skin was peeling off from the effects of the sun.1848 December, “Pacific Ocean: The Island of Bornabi”, in The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle, volume 17, number 12, page 647

Questions about scurfier

What is scurfier the comparative form of?
Scurfier is the comparative form of scurfy.

Words near scurfier in the dictionary

  1. scuppie
  2. scuppies
  3. scups
  4. scur
  5. scurf
  6. scurfier
  7. scurfiest
  8. scurfily
  9. scurfin
  10. scurfiness
  11. scurfless

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