Etymology

scorbut

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Today it means: scurvy Full definition →

French scorbut
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  1. French · borrowed fromscorbut
  2. English todayscorbut

Borrowed from French scorbut. Doublet of scurvy and scorbutus.

Words from the same roots

Frenchscorbut all →

scorbuticscorbutus

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