SCRABBLY

scrabbly, scrubby

(adjective) sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush; “open scrubby woods”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

Scrabbly (comparative more Scrabbly, superlative most Scrabbly)

Characterized by unusual letters (those that have a high score in the game Scrabble)

Etymology

Adjective

scrabbly (comparative more scrabbly, superlative most scrabbly)

Characterised by scrabbling, or digging around.

Covered in loose rocks or crumbling soil.

Difficult to negotiate; requiring scrambling.

Scribbly.

Thrown together; disorganized or slapdash.

Of poor quality; poorly maintained.

Characterized by sparse, stunted vegetation, infertile.

Stunted.

Sparse and scraggly.

Impoverished, hardscrabble

Rough, poor and uncultured.

Having a rough texture; scratchy.

Source: Wiktionary



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3 May 2025

DESIRABLE

(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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