Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
From Medieval Latin scabiōsus (“scabious”), from Latin scabiēs (see scabies); partly reinterpretable as scab + -ious.
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| most scabious | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more scabious | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
] From Medieval Latin scabiōsa, substantivized from scabiōsus (“scabious”), see Etymology 1; the name comes from their medical use in the Middle Ages to cure scabies and leprosy.
The grassy track, so gay with scabious and bedstraw, was snow-white at the bottom of its ruts.1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, XII [Uniform ed., p. 128]:
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| scabiouses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
field scabious · sweet scabious · blue scabious · sheep's bit scabious · devil's bit scabious
de Skabiose (any plant of the genus Scabiosa) · pl driakiew (any plant of the genus Scabiosa) · pl skabioza (any plant of the genus Scabiosa) · fr scabieuse (any plant of the genus Scabiosa) · it scabiosa (any plant of the genus Scabiosa) · tr kum otu (any plant of the genus Scabiosa) · tr uyuz otu (any plant of the genus Scabiosa) · oc escabiosa (any plant of the genus Scabiosa)