Monday Word: Scabrous
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1word1dayscabrous [skab-ruhs]
adjective
1. having a rough surface because of minute points or projections.
2. indecent or scandalous; risqué; obscene.
3. full of difficulties.
examples
1. Ryan was forty-five years Gorey's junior, and his scabrous, willfully crude comics cross the self-flagellating confessionalism of underground artists like R. Crumb with the postpunk cynicism of Peter Bagge, the grunge cartoonist known for his bilious, bleakly funny strip, Hate. Born to be Posthumous by Mark Dery
2. O’Neill resolves the triangular conflict with a combination of religious fervor, metaphoric brooding and scabrous humor. "Michelle Williams finds the modern spiritual essence of Anna Christie at St. Ann’s Warehouse" by Charles McNulty. Los Angeles Times. 15 Dec 2025.
origin
Latin scabr-, scaber rough, scurfy; akin to Latin scabere to scratch
adjective
1. having a rough surface because of minute points or projections.
2. indecent or scandalous; risqué; obscene.
3. full of difficulties.
examples
1. Ryan was forty-five years Gorey's junior, and his scabrous, willfully crude comics cross the self-flagellating confessionalism of underground artists like R. Crumb with the postpunk cynicism of Peter Bagge, the grunge cartoonist known for his bilious, bleakly funny strip, Hate. Born to be Posthumous by Mark Dery
2. O’Neill resolves the triangular conflict with a combination of religious fervor, metaphoric brooding and scabrous humor. "Michelle Williams finds the modern spiritual essence of Anna Christie at St. Ann’s Warehouse" by Charles McNulty. Los Angeles Times. 15 Dec 2025.
origin
Latin scabr-, scaber rough, scurfy; akin to Latin scabere to scratch
