Scruffy

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mid 17th century (in the sense ‘covered with scurf’): from scruff ‘scurf’, variant of scurf, + -y1. The sense ‘shabby’ dates from the late 19th century.


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scruff +‎  -y


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scruffy (adj.)

1650s, "covered with scurf," from scruff "dandruff, scurf" (late Old English variant of scurf) + -y (2). Generalized sense of "rough and dirty" is from 1871. Related: Scruffily; scruffiness.