Etymology

scabby

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Today it means: Affected with scabs; full of scabs. Full definition →

Middle English scabby
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromscabby
  2. English todayscabby

From Middle English scabby, scabbie, equivalent to scab + -y. Doublet of shabby.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.