scarとは

語源 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 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, score”), 古期英語 sċeard (“gap, cut, notch”). More at shard.

名詞

scar (複数形 scars)

1. A permanent mark on the skin sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
2. (by extension) A permanent effect on someone’s mind, caused by a traumatic experience.
   • 2011, O. P. Sharma, Be a Winner, →ISBN:

     Thus, it is wise to avoid cultivating an emotional scar, as it can play havoc with your happiness and success.

同意語

• cicatrice, cicatrix

関連する語

• fire scar
• scar tissue

動詞

scar (三人称単数 現在形 scars, 現在分詞 scarring, 過去形および過去分詞形 scarred)

1. (transitive) To mark the skin permanently.
   • Shakespeare

     Yet I'll not shed her blood; / Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow.

2. (intransitive) To form a scar.
3. (transitive, figuratively) To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.

   Seeing his parents die in a car crash scarred him for life.

派生語

• battle-scarred

参考

• birthmark

語源 2

From Middle English scarre, skarr, skerre, sker, a borrowing from Old Norse sker (“an isolated rock in the sea; skerry”). Cognate with Icelandic sker, Norwegian skjær, Swedish skär, Danish skær. Doublet of skerry.

名詞

scar (複数形 scars)

1. A cliff.
2. A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.

語源 3

From Latin scarus (“a kind of fish”), from Ancient Greek σκάρος (skáros, “parrot wrasse, Sparisoma cretense, syn. Scarus cretensis”).

名詞

scar (複数形 scars)

1. A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish (family Scaridae).

アナグラム

• RACs, arcs, ascr., cars, csar, sacr-, sarc-