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Definition of: scabrous
(skā′brəs) adjective
1. Roughened with minute points; rugged; scurfy.
2. Knotty; difficult to handle tactfully. [<LL scabrosus <scabere scratch]
—sca′brous·ly adverb
—sca′brous·ness noun
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