scurfy

Questions about scurfy

What does scurfy mean?

scurfy means "having or producing or covered with scurf". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scurfy?

scurfy has 2 syllables: scur-fy. The stress falls on "scur".

What is another word for scurfy?

Close synonyms include lepidote, leprose, scabrous, scaly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scurfy a common word?

scurfy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.