squammy

形容词 adj.
英 /ˈskweɪm.mi/    美 /ˈskweɪm.mi/|/ˈskwɑːm.mi/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Synonym of squamous (“Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly.”). dated
  2. trashy; classless; unrefined; crass; uncultured; vulgar; uncouth (lacking refinement) Philippines,colloquial,slang

词形变化

squammier comparative squammiest superlative skwammy alternative,Philippines,slang

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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