squammy

发音

UK /ˈskweɪm.mi/
US /ˈskweɪm.mi/
US /ˈskwɑːm.mi/
其它 /ˈskwaːm.mi/

词形变化

squammier 比较级 squammiest 最高级

别名

skwammy

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of squamous (“Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly.”).

    过时
  2. 2.

    trashy; classless; unrefined; crass; uncultured; vulgar; uncouth (lacking refinement)

    非正式 俚语

词源

From squamous + -y, where -ous was elided to extract the root. The reduplicated ⟨m⟩ is akin to runny, brimmy, etc. The Philippine slang sense is a semantic loan from Tagalog iskuwater, itself from Philippine English squatter (“poor vagrant; illegal informal settler”) due to resemblance of the first syllable. Compare Tagalog iskuwami.

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