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scabious.

Having scabs.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Having scabs.

  2. Of or pertaining to scabies.

Where this word comes from

From Medieval Latin scabiōsus (“scabious”), from Latin scabiēs (see scabies); partly reinterpretable as scab + -ious.

noun
  1. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Scabiosa.

  2. Any of several plants of the genus Knautia.

Where this word comes from

] From Medieval Latin scabiōsa, substantivized from scabiōsus (“scabious”), see Etymology 1; the name comes from their medical use in the Middle Ages to cure scabies and leprosy.

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