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scorbutic

Meaningscurvy

Common meaning: suffering from or relating to scurvy

Journey through time

  1. Low Germanschorbocksource
  2. Late Latinscorbutussource
  3. Englishscorbutic‘suffering from or relating to scurvy’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Low German schorbock ‘scurvy’.

Roots

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