ˈscabbiness
[f. scabby + -ness.]
The condition or quality of being scabby, lit. and fig.
| 1584 Cogan Haven Health lix, Fumitorie..helpeth itching and scabbinesse. 1651 Biggs New Disp. ¶77 Most of them have annexed their own cruelties, infamy, immaturities, scabbinesse, rottennesse. 1771 J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (ed. 4) Dict., Psoriasis, a Scurvy Scabbiness in the Body. 1816 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 614 It was observed, that whenever salt was used, this root was free from the scabbiness with which it is commonly infected. |