shabby

Meaning

Adjective

Origin

  • From shab + -y, or directly from an alteration of scabby. Cognate with Scots shabby, Dutch schabbig, Middle Low German schabbich, German schäbig, Swedish skabbig, Swedish sjabbig.

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