Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In botany, the state or property of being rough.

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  • noun The quality of being scabrous.

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  • noun scabrosity

Etymologies

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scabrous +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • [382] Evangelical Protestantism has more than once adopted the principle that the Devil should not be allowed to have all the best tunes: and I remember in my youth an English religious novel of ultra-anti-Roman purpose, which, though, of course, dropping the "scabrousness," had, as

    A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 George Saintsbury 1889

  • As so often in British productions of Scandinavian drama, scabrousness begins to look like tasteful distress.

    Women, Power and Politics; Through a Glass Darkly 2010

  • God knows, but the live cover of The Sonics '' Strychnine 'is as good rock and roll scabrousness as you could wish for.

    FallNews 2001

  • A very few remarks may perhaps be made on approaches to Zolaism -- not in the sense of scabrousness -- before Zola.

    A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889

  • He had done no less than make himself a one-man industry by turning scabrousness into an endearment, but that must have been the way we felt about Cosell, because even when we cursed him we kept on watching.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • The surprise, however, is the interior, where this combination of extravagance and scabrousness continues the Grosvenor House

    The Guardian World News Luke Bainbridge 2010

  • The surprise, however, is the interior, where this combination of extravagance and scabrousness continues

    Blogposts | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • The surprise, however, is the interior, where this combination of extravagance and scabrousness continues

    Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk 2009

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