scarfy

English

Etymology 1

From scarf +‎ -y.

Adjective

scarfy (comparative more scarfy, superlative most scarfy)

1. (informal) Resembling or involving a scarf.

   a scarfy shawl

   • 2009, Eleanor Thom, The Tin-Kin, London: Duckworth Overlook, →ISBN, page 118:

     It came with a Free Gift! A silk neck scarf in emerald green that Dawn knew she'd tuck away as a keepsake but never wear. She wasn't a scarfy sort of person.

   • 2014, Christopher Buehlman, The Lesser Dead, New York N.Y.: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 157:

     The next one who came too close to the alley was for Gua Gua. Kind of a badly shaven PLO sympathizer guy with a— What's that word for the Yasser Arafat scarfy thing? I don't know.

Etymology 2

Adjective

scarfy (comparative more scarfy, superlative most scarfy)

1. Archaic form of scurfy.
   • 1861, The Homestead, page 368:

     Pigs kept in close quarters may have fair general health, and yet have a scarfy skin, especially on the back, which will leave them when well cared for and allowed more range.

References

• “scarfy, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.