Definition/Meaning of scar

• English - Noun: scar (plural scars) A permanent mark on the skin , sometimes caused by the healing of a wound . 1599, [Thomas Heywood], “[The First Part]”, in The First and Second Partes of King Edward the Fourth. […], London: […] I. W. for Iohn Oxenbridge, […], →OCLC, signatures C2, recto – C2, verso: Art thou that villaine in whoſe damned mouth, / Was neuer heard of any woꝛd but woundes? / Whoſe recreant…
• English - Verb: scar (third-person singular simple present scars, present participle scarring, simple past and past participle scarred) (transitive) To mark the skin permanently. c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published…
• English - Anagrams: arcs , cars
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Middle English scar , scarre , a conflation of Old French escare (“scab”) (from Late Latin eschara , from Ancient Greek ἐσχάρα (eskhára, “scab left from a burn”), and thus a doublet of eschar) and Middle English skar (“incision, cut, fissure”) (from Old Norse skarð (“notch, chink, gap”), from Proto-Germanic *skardaz (“gap, cut, fragment”)). Akin to Old Norse skor (“notch,…
• English - Pronunciation: (General American) IPA: /skɑɹ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /skɑː(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)