scurvy
/ˈskɜrvi/
noun
- A disease caused by a lack of vitamin C, causing weakness, bleeding gums, and bruising.
- Eating oranges and other citrus fruits can prevent scurvy.
- The doctor diagnosed the patient with scurvy after noticing his bleeding gums.
- Sailors used to get scurvy on long voyages because they had no fresh fruit.
adjective
- Mean, unfair, or dishonorable; contemptible.
- He made a scurvy remark about her hard work.
- That was a scurvy trick to play on your best friend.
- The scurvy thief stole from the charity box.
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