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In natural English speech, "scurvy" appears in contexts such as: "the edge of the Earth they were worried the sea serpents whirlpools scurvy I mean they went through all these things and I think we're sort of doing the same thing to ourselves cosmic rays microgravity". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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the edge of the Earth they were worried the sea serpents whirlpools

scurvy I mean they went through all these things and I think we're sort of

doing the same thing to ourselves cosmic rays microgravity

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adjective

Affected or covered with scurf (“skin disease causing flakes of skin to fall off”) or scabs; scurfy, scabby; also, of or relating to a skin disease causing scurf or to scurvy (noun sense 1).

“Some wenches come vnlased, / Some hyswyues come vnbrased, / Wyth theyr naked pappes, / That flappes and flappes; / […] / A sorte of foule drabbes / All scuruy with scabbes: […]”

Synonyms:roynish scabrous reef

adjective

Of growths on plants: resembling scurf; scurfy.

noun

A disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C, leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and bleeding into the skin and from almost all mucous membranes; (countable, obsolete) an occurrence of this disease.

“Our legs now vs deceiue, / ſwolne euery ioint withall, / With this diſeaſe, which, by your leaue, / the Scuruie men doe call.”

Synonyms:barlow's disease cheadle-möller-barlow syndrome cheadle's disease moeller's disease

noun

A contemptible or despicable person.

“Row, row you scurvies, / She'll have us boiled in oil. / Move, move those creaking oars, / until you reach Cape soil.”

Synonyms:arsehole ass assface asshat

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