Meanings
scarry1
adjectivescarry (comparative scarrier, superlative scarriest)
comparative scarrier · superlative scarriest
- Like a scar, or rocky eminence.
When it [the aurochs] is come to Maſham, it receyueth the Burne, by ſouth weſt (as it dyd the wile, from very déepe ſcarry rockes, befoꝛe at Aſkaran) and dyuers other wild rilles not woꝛthy to be remẽbꝛed, […]
1577, William Harrison, “[An Historicall Description of the Islande of Britayne, […].] Of such Riuers as fall into the Sea, betweene Humber to the Thames.”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC, folio 31, verso, column 1
scarry2
Origin
scarry · adjective
- Middle Englishscarri
- Englishscarry
From Middle English scarri, equivalent to scar (“rocky eminence”) + -y.
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Rhymes with scarry
safaribarryFerrariMaristarryvarisharidariKalahariQataricalamaritarryBihariCharijarryCampariwaricharivariZanzibarifutanarishibaricharryabkaricarbonari
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APA
scarry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scarry
MLA
“scarry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scarry. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scarry,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scarry.
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