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单词 scummy
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scummyadj.

Brit. /ˈskʌmi/, U.S. /ˈskəmi/
Etymology: < scum n. + -y suffix1.
1. Having the nature or appearance of scum.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [adjective] > covered with scum > of the nature of scum
scummy1577
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > coating or covering with a layer > [adjective] > with a thin coating > like scum
scummy1577
mantleda1616
mantling1637
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. iii. sig. Dd/1 The scummy froath is not mixed with the oyle.
a1618 J. Sylvester Iob Triumphant in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 948 He makes the deep Sea like a Pot to boyl, A Pot of Oyntment (casting scummy Soyl).
1818 J. Keats Endymion iii. 121 To breathe away as 'twere all scummy slime From off a crystal pool.
1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 46 This fair earth..'Tis but the particoloured, scummy, dross Of the original element wherefrom The fiery worlds were framed.
1936 A. Ransome Pigeon Post xxix. 312 ‘What'll it look like when we see it again?’.. ‘All scummy on the top... The pure gold'll be underneath.’
1967 E. Chambers Photolitho-offset xiv. 215 Under-exposure produces a weak, soft stencil, so that the image thickens-up in development and results in stencil breakdown and a scummy plate.
1979 K. M. Peyton Marion's Angels ii. 29 At high-water springs the river came right up over the saltings..and sent scummy fingers up the garden path.
figurative.a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iv. sig. Nn3 These were the skummy remnant of those rebels.1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 140 The strength of his faith dashes down all the scummy bubbles of carnal reasonings.
2. Abounding in scum. Also figurative.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [adjective] > covered with scum
scummy1593
scummed1909
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 83 London, thou art..the Sea that sucks in all the scummy chanels of the Realme.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Scummy, frothy, dreggy, &c. as a boiling Pot.
3. transferred and figurative. Filthy, dirty; despicable, disreputable. Also in combinations. Originally and chiefly U.S. colloquial.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > foulness or filth > [adjective]
blackOE
rotea1382
lousyc1386
unwashed?a1390
fulsomec1390
filthy?c1400
rankc1400
leprousa1425
sicka1425
miry1532
shitten?1545
murrain1575
obscene1597
vicious1597
ketty1607
putrid1628
putredinous1641
foede1657
fulsamic1694
carrion1826
foul1842
shitty1879
scabrous1880
scummy1932
pukey1933
shitting1950
gungy1962
grungy1965
shithouse1966
grot1967
bogging1973
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adjective] > dirty and mean
ungoderlyc1400
sluttish?1529
squalid1596
scrubbing1603
sordid1611
snotty1681
frowzy1710
grub1719
seedy1725
unkempt1838
grubby1844
crumby1859
ratty1867
scruffy1871
scrutty1914
scummy1932
ribby1936
raunchy1937
sleazy1941
scroungy1948
manky1958
skanky1963
grungy1965
scungy1966
scuzzy1969
scrungy1974
skeevy1976
1932 J. T. Farrell in Story Mar.–Apr. 47 Jack told of an anecdote about a pig he had picked up once. She was too lousy and scummy to take a chance on.
1952 B. Malamud Natural 67 I don't like the scummy tricks you play on people.
1973 E. Bullins Theme is Blackness 78 Hey, you white scummy-lookin' bourgeois bitch, take me to dinner?
1977 R. E. Harrington Quintain xvii. 202 Meeting scummy little men at..squalid Parisian restaurants.
1979 Maledicta 3 133 The scummy millionaire Marxist profs I know don't spend one red penny of their own: Let the workers & peasants pay!

Draft additions September 2013

Derivatives

ˈscumminess n.
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1871 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 22 Dec. 109/2 The surface of the plate finally wiped with a clean damp cloth, to remove all traces of scumminess.
1982 Washington Post 26 Feb. d3/5 Opening today at area theaters, ‘The Seduction’ merely underbids the competition, sinking into deeper ruts of hypocritical and nonsensical scumminess.
2007 K. Bush Everything Dogs expect you to Know 85 Water bowls should be washed out daily to prevent scumminess from building up.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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