scabrous

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
scabrous
    adj 1: rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf [syn:
           {lepidote}, {leprose}, {scabrous}, {scaly}, {scurfy}]
    2: dealing with salacious or indecent material; "a scabrous
       novel"
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Scabrous \Sca"brous\, a. [L. scabrosus, fr. scaber rough: cf. F.
   scabreux.]
   1. Rough to the touch, like a file; having small raised dots,
      scales, or points; scabby; scurfy; scaly. --Arbuthnot.
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   2. Fig.: Harsh; unmusical. [R.]
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            His verse is scabrous and hobbling.   --Dryden.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "scabrous":
      asperous, bristly, craggy, downy, flaky, flocculent, furfuraceous,
      harsh, jagged, knobby, knotty, lentiginous, lepidote, off-color,
      prickly, racy, risky, risque, rugged, salty, scabby, scabious,
      scaly, scraggy, scurfy, spicy, squamous, suggestive, thorny,
      uneven, unlevel, unsmooth
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