Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy. / Contemptible, despicable, low, disgustingly mean.

(medicine) A disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C, leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth and bleeding into the skin and from almost all mucous membranes.

plural of scurvy

The quality or state of being scurvy; vileness; meanness.

Affected with scurvy.

Alternative form of scurvy-grass

Any of several European plants, of the genus Cochlearia, formerly believed useful in treating scurvy.

plural of scurvy-grass

plural of scurvy grass

The disease bejel.