English Explanatory Dictionary

scorbutic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, pertaining to, or suffering from scurvy.

Word forms

scorbutic more scorbutic most scorbutic scorbutical

Etymology

From early New Latin scorbūticus (“pertaining to scurvy”), from scorbūtus (“scurvy”), from French scorbut, of Germanic origin.

Antonyms

antiscorbutic

Derived words

scorbic scorbutically
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