scars

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /skɑɹz/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /skɑː(ɹ)z/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z

Noun

scars

1. plural of scar

Verb

scars

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of scar

Anagrams

• Carss, crass, csars

Middle English

Alternative forms

• escarse, scace, scarce, scarse, schars, skace, skarce, skars, skarse

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Northern French scars, escars, possibly from Late Latin *excarpsus; see scarce for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skaːrs/, /skars/
• (with assimilation) IPA^(key): /skaːs/

Adjective

scars

1. Rare, scarce; not common or widespread.
2. Insufficient, lacking; not enough.
3. Frugal, thrifty; selective with money or resources.
4. (rare) Narrow, tight; lacking space.

Descendants

• English: scarce
• Middle Scots: scarce, skarce
  • Scots: scarce

References

• “scā̆rs(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “escā̆rs, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Adverb

scars

1. Scarcely, sparingly, infrequently.
2. (rare) Moderately, temperately.

Descendants

• English: scarce (archaic or dialectal)
• Middle Scots: scarce, skarce
  • Scots: scarce

References

• “scā̆rs(e, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Noun

scars

1. (uncommon) Deficiency, rarity.

References

• “scā̆rs(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.