scurviness
31vileness — n 1. baseness, meanness, viciousness, lowness, badness; sordidness, ignobility, foulness, sinisterness, darkness, black heartedness; balefulness, dread fulness, direness, direfulness, grimness; wickedness, iniquity, nefariousness, flagitiousness …
32scurvy — /ˈskɜvi / (say skervee) noun 1. a disease marked by swollen and bleeding gums, livid spots on the skin, prostration, etc., due to a diet lacking in vitamin C. –adjective (scurvier, scurviest) 2. low, mean, or contemptible: a scurvy trick.… …
33scurvy — [skʉr′vē] adj. scurvier, scurviest [< SCURF] 1. former var. of SCURFY 2. low; mean; vile; contemptible n. [< SCURVY the adj.] a disease resulting from a deficiency of ascorbic acid in the body, characterized by weakness, anemia, spo …
