What is "scurvier"

Scurvy \Scur"vy\, a. [Compar. Scurvier; superl. Scurviest.]

1. Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy. ``Whatsoever man . . . be scurvy or scabbed.''
   --Lev. xxi. 18, 20.

2. Vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible. ``A scurvy trick.''
   --Ld. Lytton.

   That scurvy custom of taking tobacco.
   --Swift.

   [He] spoke spoke such scurvy and provoking terms.
   --Shak.

a. (en-comparative of: scurvy)

1. n. a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) [syn: scorbutus]

2. [also: scurviest, scurvier]

1. adj. of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick" [syn: abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy]

2. [also: scurviest, scurvier]

See scurvy