scurvy

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A disease caused by deficiency of vitamin C, characterized by spongy and bleeding gums, bleeding under the skin, and extreme weakness.
2. adj. Mean; contemptible.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Scurfy; covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; diseased with scurvy; scorbutic.
2. Vile; mean; low; vulgar; worthless; contemptible; paltry; shabby: as, a scurvy fellow.
3. Offensive; mischievous; malicious.
4. n. A disease usually presenting swollen, spongy, easily bleeding gums, fibrinous effusion into some of the muscles, rendering them hard and brawny, hemorrhages beneath the skin, rheumatoid pains, anemia, and prostration. It occurs at all ages and in all climates, and usually develops in those employing an unvaried diet, especially one from which vegetables are excluded. Also called scorbutus.
5. n. The black mustard, Brassica nigra.

Wiktionary

1. n. pathology A disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth and bleeding into the skin and from almost all mucous membranes.
2. adj. Contemptible, despicable, low, disgustingly mean.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy.
2. adj. Vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible.
3. n. (Med.) A disease characterized by livid spots, especially about the thighs and legs, due to extravasation of blood, and by spongy gums, and bleeding from almost all the mucous membranes. It is accompanied by paleness, languor, depression, and general debility. It is occasioned by confinement, innutritious food, and hard labor, but especially by lack of fresh vegetable food, or confinement for a long time to a limited range of food, which is incapable of repairing the waste of the system. It was formerly prevalent among sailors and soldiers.

WordNet 3.0

1. adj. of the most contemptible kind
2. n. a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C)