† scaˈbbado Obs.
[f. scab n. + -ado. Cf. scrubbado.]
Venereal disease, syphilis.
| 1651 Pleas. Hist. Miller of Mansfield 8 Or art thou not troubled with the Scabbado. 1680 R. L'Estrange Erasm. Colloq. 62 Hot Baths..are found to be ill for the Scabbado. 1681 [see psora]. 1725 Bailey Erasm. Colloq. (1878) I. 290 The new Scabbado. |