scabrous

How to use scabrous in a sentence

Lucretius is scabrous and rough in these; he seeks them: as some do Chaucerisms with us, which were better expunged and banished.

The spores are rounded, and rough (scabrous) on the surface.

Whereupon Khalid, who was then in the first of his teens, takes a big scabrous rock and sends it flying against that door.

Then we incontinently proceed to stone him to death with scabrous adjectives!

ICONOCLASTSJAMES HUNEKER

Blades long, dark green, succulent and scabrous: ridges numerous and flat above, but distinct (Fig. 9).

GRASSESH. MARSHALL WARD

Behind him, standing atop the dented and scabrous garbage cans, Dumont.

Jerry knew only that his knife was in his hand as the great scabrous coils closed inevitably about him.

A very honest woman, amused at this scabrous conversation, but inexperienced.

VERY WOMANREMY DE GOURMONT

Carol glanced from the scabrous object to Vida, and realized that she was not joking.

MAIN STREETSINCLAIR LEWIS

The whole relation had been ruined by entering this scabrous building.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985