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Scabrous adj.

Rough to the touch, like a file; having small raised dots, scales, or points; scabby; scurfy; scaly.

Fig.: Harsh; unmusical. (R.) "His verse is scabrous and hobbling."

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Etymology of 'Scabrous'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Scabrous" Quotes from Famous Books

... tapering from about the middle towards the top, finely acuminate, and also narrowing towards the base into the stout midrib, margins with fine long hairs at the base, 6 to 18 inches by 1/10 to 1/3 inch, scabrous ...

— A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses • Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar

... Mr. William Hughes, a supposition which is supported by a well-known sonnet. He set forth this idea with much circumstance and considerable ingenuity in an article which he sent to me for publication in The Fortnightly Review. The theme was scabrous; but his treatment of it was scrupulously reserved and adroit and I saw no offence in the paper, and to tell the truth, no great ability in his handling ...

— Oscar Wilde, Volume 1 (of 2) - His Life and Confessions • Frank Harris

... It was not ruinous, but Ichabod was written on the paintless window-frames and on the rough-cast front, from which the plaster had fallen away in more than one place. The pillars of the porch had been painted to imitate marble, but they were marked with scabrous patches, where the brick core ...

— The Nebuly Coat • John Meade Falkner