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    [Noun]  | "scur*vy" | \ ˈskər-vē \


    1: a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes

    Origin: circa 1565 ;

     {see: |scurvy:2|scurvy:2};

    [Noun]  | "scurvy grass" 


    1: a cruciferous herb (such as Cochlearia officinalis) formerly used in preventing or treating scurvy

    Origin: circa 1597 ;

    [Adjective]  | "scurvy" 


    1: arousing disgust or scorn : contemptible, despicable

    Origin: 1579 ;

     Scurf;

    [Adjective]  | "scurvy" 


    1: arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust;


      * e.g., " ... after winning the lottery, she was beset by a whole scurvy swarm of con artists, ne'er-do-wells, and hangers-on "




     [ "scurvy" ]

    1: A condition that is caused by the lack of vitamin C. It's easily avoided by a normal consumption of citrus fruit such as oranges and limes. This term is usually associated with pirates.

      * e.g.,  ... Captian Jack Sparrow has an open sore on the right side his jaw because of scurvy. 

     [ "scurvy" ]

    1: adjective;pronounced scurv-ie, (like the disease) nasty, dirty, foul looking, or diseased. This work may be used to describe anything that is appalimg.

      * e.g.,  ... I know that scurvy bitch wasd not hittin on my man! 

     [ "scurvy" ]

    1: a dirty bitch

      * e.g.,  ... you'll be burnin if ya hit that, that bitch is scurvy 

     [ "scurvy" ]

    1: a disease you don't want but you don't have to worry about it if you eat oranges. God knows why.

      * e.g.,  ... I forgot to eat my oranges. Now I have scurvy. 

     [ "scurvy" ]

    1: extremely fun; excellent; awesome (typically used to describe an event)

      * e.g.,  ... This weekend we went off-roading and chucked a computer monitor off of a cliff. It was so scurvy. 

     [ "scurvy" ]

    1: Adj. Men or women who look greasy and have bad teeth in particular, and bad hygiene and dirty or ripped up clothes, in general. They sleep with everyone they can possibly get and probably carry STDs.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, don't get on her, she's scurvy. 

     [ "scurvy" ]

    2: N. Scurve

      * e.g.,  ... Don't go after him, he's a scurve. 

     [ "scurvy" ]

    1: A pirate Disease

      * e.g.,  ... I humped a pirate boat and now I have Scurvy 

     [ "scurvy" ]

    1: See brit or english or britain or british

      * e.g.,  ... Aye mates we got scurvy from not eating citrus but look at us today whilst times have changed we still have cack teeth. Must be all that tea and cultural neglect of orthodontics. Right, I'm off. Tally-ho! 

     [ "scurvy" ]

    1: the act of using hand or pointed objects to shove up some ones ass while yelling "scurvy!!!!!!!!!" slang for scurvy is also steve the pirate and "top of the morning"

      * e.g.,  ... bryan was bent over unexpected so i went up behind him with my pencil and gave him the scurvy of a life time 

     [ "scurvy" ]

    1: annoying; aggrevating; bothersome; irritating; getting on the nerves of

      * e.g.,  ... ayo, stop being so scurvy! 

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