#WordOfTheDay for Tuesday, July 16, 2013 scabrous SKAB-ruhs, - TopicsExpress



          

#WordOfTheDay for Tuesday, July 16, 2013 scabrous SKAB-ruhs, adjective: 1. full of difficulties. 2. having a rough surface because of minute points or projections. 3. indecent or scandalous; risqué; obscene: scabrous books. The old divorce case had been revived by a journalist. It was moderately scabrous. It had been with the wife of a still-prominent Tory politician. -- C. P. Snow, In Their Wisdom, 2000 He had amused her with the exacting nature of his questions, and his demands that she should include even the most scabrous details in her accounts. -- Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, Madeline is Sleeping, 2005 Scabrous is related to the common word scab. Both terms come from the Latin word scaber meaning "rough."
Posted on: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:40:13 +0000

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