scurvy

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
scurvy/ˈskɜːvi/

▶noun a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, characterized by swollen bleeding gums and the opening of previously healed wounds. ▶adjective (scurvier, scurviest) archaic worthless or contemptible.

– derivatives
scurvily adverb.

– origin ME (as adj. meaning ‘scurfy’): from scurf + -y1; n. use is by assoc. with Fr. scorbut (see scorbutic).

'scurvy' also found in these Oxford entries:

antiscorbutic - ascorbic acid - scorbutic - scurvy grass

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