Scorbutic Definition

skôr-byo͝otĭk
adjective
Of, like, or having scurvy.
Webster's New World

Origin of Scorbutic

  • From early New Latin scorbuticus (“pertaining to scurvy"), from scorbutus (“scurvy"), from French scorbut, of Germanic origins.

    From Wiktionary

  • New Latin scorbūticus from scorbūtus scurvy perhaps of Germanic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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