scruffyadj.

Brit.

/ˈskrʌfi/, U.S.

/ˈskrəfi/

Etymology: < scruff n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

a. Scaly, covered with scurf.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [adjective] > of disease: scurfy or scabby > afflicted with

reofeOE

scabbed1338

scalled1340

crustyc1400

roynishc1400

roinousc1450

leprous?1457

scurfy1483

scabby1526

scurvya1529

shurvya1529

scald1529

scally1530

escharous1543

skalfering1561

scalded1568

morphewed1598

scaldy1598

scall?1602

pearled1627

scurfed1646

scruffy1660

reefy1684

porriginous1778

lepric1855

dandruffy1858

farreous1884

peeling1893

1660 J. Howell Θηρολογια 76 The Serpent goes to Fenell when he would..cast off his old scruffy skin to wear a new one.

1841 C. J. Lever Charles O'Malley xxx Every man, woman, and child has a brown, scruffy, turf-like face.

1885 U.S. Cons. Rep. No. lviii. 150 The sheep [in South Africa] becomes scruffy and emaciated.

b. Shabby, mean, dirty; slovenly, messy, untidy. Also in combinations, as scruffy-looking adj.

ΘΚΠ

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

1871 ‘M. Twain’ Screamers ii. 16 When he'd got the blues, and feel kind o' scruffy, aggravated, and disgusted..he would curl up..and go to sleep.

1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 253 Scruffy, dirty: slovenly: untidy in appearance.

1931 Star 8 May 6/3 Anyone who has travelled through lottery countries and seen the hundreds of scruffy ticket-shops in the cities.

1935 Punch 5 June 656/1 ‘Mine,’ said the scruffy-looking chap who had started by borrowing a match, ‘is a tragedy of jealousy.’

1940 E. Blunden Poems 1930–40 204 While I leisured it so, from the verge of the street Those scruffy old weeds in a flash had me beat.

1951 W. H. Auden Nones (1952) 29 A rather scruffy-looking god Descends in a machine.

1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 May 274/1 Always late, crumpled and scruffy, perpetually in debt, hourly expecting the sack, Greare takes refuge..in Mittyesque fantasies.

1967 A. N. Sherwin-White Racial Prejudice in Imperial Rome i. 4 It is because they..live..in a scruffy fashion, following the impulses and necessities of beasts.

1974 N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 122 His chin was badly shaved: it gave him a dirty look, and sort of scruffy.

Derivatives

ˈscruffily adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adverb] > and mean

sordidly1645

squalidlya1704

grubbily1934

scruffily1977

1977 Listener 4 Aug. 145/2 Making herself look scruffily bizarre is a time-consuming business.

ˈscruffiness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [noun] > and meanness

squalor1621

sorditude1623

sordidness1656

squalidity1668

squalidness1727

frowziness1729

sordor1823

seediness1832

fluffiness1860

grubbiness1866

crumbiness1949

raunch1952

scruffiness1974

grunginess1978

scuzziness1980

grottiness1984

1974 Times 5 Oct. 13 That general ‘scruffiness’ could easily be rectified.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scruffy
释义	scruffyadj. Brit. /ˈskrʌfi/, U.S. /ˈskrəfi/ Etymology: < scruff n.¹ + -y suffix¹. a. Scaly, covered with scurf. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [adjective] > of disease: scurfy or scabby > afflicted with reofeOE scabbed1338 scalled1340 crustyc1400 roynishc1400 roinousc1450 leprous?1457 scurfy1483 scabby1526 scurvya1529 shurvya1529 scald1529 scally1530 escharous1543 skalfering1561 scalded1568 morphewed1598 scaldy1598 scall?1602 pearled1627 scurfed1646 scruffy1660 reefy1684 porriginous1778 lepric1855 dandruffy1858 farreous1884 peeling1893 1660 J. Howell Θηρολογια 76 The Serpent goes to Fenell when he would..cast off his old scruffy skin to wear a new one. 1841 C. J. Lever Charles O'Malley xxx Every man, woman, and child has a brown, scruffy, turf-like face. 1885 U.S. Cons. Rep. No. lviii. 150 The sheep [in South Africa] becomes scruffy and emaciated. b. Shabby, mean, dirty; slovenly, messy, untidy. Also in combinations, as scruffy-looking adj. ΘΚΠ 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 1871 ‘M. Twain’ Screamers ii. 16 When he'd got the blues, and feel kind o' scruffy, aggravated, and disgusted..he would curl up..and go to sleep. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 253 Scruffy, dirty: slovenly: untidy in appearance. 1931 Star 8 May 6/3 Anyone who has travelled through lottery countries and seen the hundreds of scruffy ticket-shops in the cities. 1935 Punch 5 June 656/1 ‘Mine,’ said the scruffy-looking chap who had started by borrowing a match, ‘is a tragedy of jealousy.’ 1940 E. Blunden Poems 1930–40 204 While I leisured it so, from the verge of the street Those scruffy old weeds in a flash had me beat. 1951 W. H. Auden Nones (1952) 29 A rather scruffy-looking god Descends in a machine. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 May 274/1 Always late, crumpled and scruffy, perpetually in debt, hourly expecting the sack, Greare takes refuge..in Mittyesque fantasies. 1967 A. N. Sherwin-White Racial Prejudice in Imperial Rome i. 4 It is because they..live..in a scruffy fashion, following the impulses and necessities of beasts. 1974 N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 122 His chin was badly shaved: it gave him a dirty look, and sort of scruffy. Derivatives ˈscruffily adv. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adverb] > and mean sordidly1645 squalidlya1704 grubbily1934 scruffily1977 1977 Listener 4 Aug. 145/2 Making herself look scruffily bizarre is a time-consuming business. ˈscruffiness n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [noun] > and meanness squalor1621 sorditude1623 sordidness1656 squalidity1668 squalidness1727 frowziness1729 sordor1823 seediness1832 fluffiness1860 grubbiness1866 crumbiness1949 raunch1952 scruffiness1974 grunginess1978 scuzziness1980 grottiness1984 1974 Times 5 Oct. 13 That general ‘scruffiness’ could easily be rectified. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1660
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