scarified en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English scare Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English scarify English -ed English scarified From scarify + -ed.
Meanings
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damaged, barren, denuded, scarred, wasted
The scarified wasteland looked like a battle had been fought there — which, in fact, it had.
Gallager tossed another drink down his scarified gullet.