Scurvy
noun
A disease caused by not eating enough vitamin C, which can be found in fruits and vegetables.
Pirates often got scurvy during long voyages because they did not have fresh fruits to eat.
Often appears as...
- suffer from scurvy
- cure for scurvy
adjective
Something unpleasant or disgusting.
He is a scurvy knave and I will not deal with him!
Often appears as...
- scurvy knave
- scurvy trick
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A disease caused by not eating enough vitamin C, which can be found in fruits and vegetables.
Pirates often got scurvy during long voyages because they did not have fresh fruits to eat.
Often appears as...
- suffer from scurvy
- cure for scurvy
adjective
Something unpleasant or disgusting.
He is a scurvy knave and I will not deal with him!
Often appears as...
- scurvy knave
- scurvy trick
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Significance
Understanding scurvy's history gives insight into its usage in historical contexts, like naval exploration.
Historical documents reveal the impact of scurvy on 18th-century sailors.
Pro Tip 2/3Modern Relevance
Scurvy is rare today, so modern usage often signifies neglect or extreme diets without vitamin C.
The stranded hiker developed scurvy after months without proper nutrition.
Pro Tip 3/3Preventable Condition
Scurvy can be prevented, emphasizing the importance of diet in discussions about health.
To prevent scurvy, sailors would carry lemons on their voyages.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Significance
Understanding scurvy's history gives insight into its usage in historical contexts, like naval exploration.
Historical documents reveal the impact of scurvy on 18th-century sailors.
Pro Tip 2/3Modern Relevance
Scurvy is rare today, so modern usage often signifies neglect or extreme diets without vitamin C.
The stranded hiker developed scurvy after months without proper nutrition.
Pro Tip 3/3Preventable Condition
Scurvy can be prevented, emphasizing the importance of diet in discussions about health.
To prevent scurvy, sailors would carry lemons on their voyages.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Significance
Understanding scurvy's history gives insight into its usage in historical contexts, like naval exploration.
Historical documents reveal the impact of scurvy on 18th-century sailors.
Pro Tip 2/3Modern Relevance
Scurvy is rare today, so modern usage often signifies neglect or extreme diets without vitamin C.
The stranded hiker developed scurvy after months without proper nutrition.
Pro Tip 3/3Preventable Condition
Scurvy can be prevented, emphasizing the importance of diet in discussions about health.
To prevent scurvy, sailors would carry lemons on their voyages.
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On the Set of The...
really sets a tone for the start of their adventure all their journey scurvy misses cover but you're not alone it is rampant they come out very ill and sick and tired and weary and have to face life on a planet that they don't know anything about this voyage took many
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How do vitamins work? -...
helping it to build muscle and bone, make use of nutrients, capture and use energy and heal wounds. If you need convincing about vitamin value, just consider the plight of olden day sailors, who had no access to vitamin-rich fresh produce. They got scurvy.
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Mac Barnett: Why a good...
to come into compliance with code, he said, "Fine, I'm just going to build a pirate supply store." And that's what he did. And it's beautiful. It's all wood. There's drawers you can pull out and get citrus so you don't get scurvy.
Video examples
On the Set of The...
really sets a tone for the start of their adventure all their journey scurvy misses cover but you're not alone it is rampant they come out very ill and sick and tired and weary and have to face life on a planet that they don't know anything about this voyage took many
Video examples
How do vitamins work? -...
helping it to build muscle and bone, make use of nutrients, capture and use energy and heal wounds. If you need convincing about vitamin value, just consider the plight of olden day sailors, who had no access to vitamin-rich fresh produce. They got scurvy.
Video examples
Mac Barnett: Why a good...
to come into compliance with code, he said, "Fine, I'm just going to build a pirate supply store." And that's what he did. And it's beautiful. It's all wood. There's drawers you can pull out and get citrus so you don't get scurvy.
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Art Donovan
American Athlete
People tell me if I don't eat vegetables, I'm going to get scurvy. Well, what the hell. But I was never overweight as a player. There was a clause in my contract that said I had to weigh in at 270 every Friday morning. I always made it. I'd have dinner on Monday, and then I wouldn't eat until Friday.
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Mark Hyman
American Author
Paradoxically Americans are becoming both more obese and more nutrient deficient at the same time. Obese children eating processed foods are nutrient depleted and increasingly get scurvy and rickets, diseases we thought were left behind in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Seth Shostak
American Scientist
Explorers tend to be the aggressive types - why else would they risk scurvy, mutiny and other bad things to go out there? So, you could say that any aliens that are actually moving and interested in going somewhere are likely to be more aggressive. But who knows?
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Harry Johnston
British Explorer
As the winter set in with its customary Canadian severity the real trouble of the French began. They did not suffer from the cold, but they were dying of scurvy.
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Junipero Serra
Clergyman
Here are also the two vessels, but the San Carlos without sailors, all having died of the scurvy, except two.
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Aisha Tyler
American Actress
I'm sure I had low-level scurvy all of my childhood.
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Lou Holtz
American Coach
I look like I have beriberi and scurvy.
Quote examples
Art Donovan
American Athlete
People tell me if I don't eat vegetables, I'm going to get scurvy. Well, what the hell. But I was never overweight as a player. There was a clause in my contract that said I had to weigh in at 270 every Friday morning. I always made it. I'd have dinner on Monday, and then I wouldn't eat until Friday.
Quote examples
Mark Hyman
American Author
Paradoxically Americans are becoming both more obese and more nutrient deficient at the same time. Obese children eating processed foods are nutrient depleted and increasingly get scurvy and rickets, diseases we thought were left behind in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Quote examples
Seth Shostak
American Scientist
Explorers tend to be the aggressive types - why else would they risk scurvy, mutiny and other bad things to go out there? So, you could say that any aliens that are actually moving and interested in going somewhere are likely to be more aggressive. But who knows?
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Harry Johnston
British Explorer
As the winter set in with its customary Canadian severity the real trouble of the French began. They did not suffer from the cold, but they were dying of scurvy.
Quote examples
Junipero Serra
Clergyman
Here are also the two vessels, but the San Carlos without sailors, all having died of the scurvy, except two.
Quote examples
Aisha Tyler
American Actress
I'm sure I had low-level scurvy all of my childhood.
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Lou Holtz
American Coach
I look like I have beriberi and scurvy.
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