English Explanatory Dictionary

scoury

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Showery, marked by intermittent rain showers and wind.
adj
  1. Suffering from scouring (diarrhea).
  2. Shabby.

Word forms

scoury

Etymology

From a dialectal sense of scour, "rain shower", from Old Norse skúr (“shower”), + -y.

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