mid-14c., "that which has been strewn about;" late 14c., "act of dispersing," verbal noun from scatter (v.).
the first scatterings of green
scathe
scathing
scatology
scatter
scatterbrain
scattering
scattershot
scavenge
scavenger
scenario
scenary
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