Scabrous

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scabrous \Sca"brous\, a. [L. scabrosus, fr. scaber rough: cf. F.
     scabreux.]
     1. Rough to the touch, like a file; having small raised dots,
        scales, or points; scabby; scurfy; scaly. --Arbuthnot.
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     2. Fig.: Harsh; unmusical. [R.]
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              His verse is scabrous and hobbling.   --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scabrous
       adj 1: rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf [syn: {lepidote},
               {leprose}, {scaly}, {scurfy}]
       2: dealing with salacious or indecent material; "a scabrous
          novel"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "scabrous":
     asperous, bristly, craggy, downy, flaky, flocculent, furfuraceous,
     harsh, jagged, knobby, knotty, lentiginous, lepidote, off-color,
     prickly, racy, risky, risque, rugged, salty, scabby, scabious,
     scaly, scraggy, scurfy, spicy, squamous, suggestive, thorny,
     uneven, unlevel, unsmooth