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Scurviest

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.

Wiktionary
scurviest

a. (en-superlative of: scurvy)

WordNet
scurvy

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

  2. [also: scurviest, scurvier]

scurvy

  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]

scurviest

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Usage examples of "scurviest".

For Les Six not only inveigled the assembled gentlemen of Pryggia and Ozar into a turbulent drinking contest, but then, drunkenness rampant, proceeded to embellish their respective insults with such rococo flourishes, such baroque ornamentation, as to produce in but two minutes such a brawl as would shame the lowest alehouses of the scurviest ports in the world.