scall

/skɔːl/

scall means mean; wretched. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

scall is pronounced /skɔːl/.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English scalle, assumed to stem from Old Norse skalli (“bald heard, skull”), from Proto-Germanic *skallô; compare Finnish kallo (“skull”). However, the later form scald, coincides with Old Norse *skolð, Old Swedish skoldh, skold, skol, Swedish skål, skoll, skolla, Danish skold, skolde, Norwegian skåld (“scurf, rash”).

adj

Mean; wretched.

noun

A scurf or scabby disease, especially of the scalp.“It is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head.”
Loose ground.