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scarfy

adj

Etymology

From scarf + -y.

  1. derived from escarpe
  2. suffixed as scarfy — “scarf + -y”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or involving a scarf.

    • a scarfy shawl
    • It came with a Free Gift! A silk neck scarf in emerald green that Dawn knew she'd tuck away as a keepsake but never wear. She wasn't a scarfy sort of person.
    • The next one who came too close to the alley was for Gua Gua. Kind of a badly shaven PLO sympathizer guy with a— What's that word for the Yasser Arafat scarfy thing? I don't know.

  2. Archaic form of scurfy.

    • Pigs kept in close quarters may have fair general health, and yet have a scarfy skin, especially on the back, which will leave them when well cared for and allowed more range.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA