資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scurvy \Scur"vy\, a. [Compar. {Scurvier}; superl. {Scurviest}.]
   [From {Scurf}; cf. {Scurvy}, n.]
   1. Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy;
      specifically, diseased with the scurvy. ``Whatsoever man .
      . . be scurvy or scabbed.'' --lev. xxi. 18, 20.

   2. Vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible. ``A scurvy trick.''
      --Ld. Lytton.

            That scurvy custom of taking tobacco. --Swift.

            [He] spoke spoke such scurvy and provoking terms.
                                                  --Shak.

資料來源 : WordNet®

scurvy
     n : a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin
         C) [syn: {scorbutus}]
     [also: {scurviest}, {scurvier}]

scurvy
     adj : of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low
           stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable
           treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a
           scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick" [syn: {abject}, {low},
            {low-down}, {miserable}, {scummy}]
     [also: {scurviest}, {scurvier}]

scurvier
     See {scurvy}