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# Word of the day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/word-of-the-day-1472/
- Published: 2019-06-05T18:15:48.000Z
- Updated: 2019-07-22T21:15:20.000Z
- Author: Peter Andersen
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 04:14

The word for today is…

scorbutic (adj) – Of, relating to, resembling, or affected by scurvy.

Source : [The Free Dictionary](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/scorbutic?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : 1650s, from Modern Latin scorbuticus “pertaining to scurvy,” from scorbutus “scurvy,” from French scorbut, apparently of Dutch (scheurbuik) or Low German (Scharbock) origin; see scurvy. Scorbute “scurvy” is attested from 1590s, from French.