scabby

Etymology

From Middle English scabby, scabbie, equivalent to scab + -y. Doublet of shabby.

adj

  1. Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
  2. Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy.
  3. (printing) Having a blotched, uneven appearance.
  4. Injured by the attachment of barnacles to the carapace of a shell.

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