Word for the day: scar

scar |skɑː|                                                                         *cicatriz (en Español)

DEFINITIONnoun1 a mark left on the skin or within body tissue where a wound, burn, or sore has not healed completely and fibrous connective tissue has developed: a faint scar ran the length of his left cheek.• a lasting effect of grief, fear, or other emotion left on a person's character by an unpleasant experience: the attack has left mental scars on Terry and his family.• a mark left on something following damage of some kind: Max could see scars of the blast.• a mark left at the point of separation of aleaf, frond, or other part from a plant.2 a steep high cliff or rock outcrop, especially of limestone.
[Middle English: from Old Norse sker‘low reef’.]

verb ( scars, scarring, scarred ) [ with obj.]    mark with a scar or scars: he is likely to bescarred for life after injuries to his face, arms, and legs | (as adj., in combination-scarred): battle-scarred troops.• [ no obj. ] form or be marked with a scar.
DERIVATIVES
scarless adjective
ORIGIN Late Middle English: from Old French escharre, via late Latin from Greekeskhara ‘scab’.

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