{"def":{"lit":"rude, rough","short":"a Scythene or Scythian, i.e., (by implication) a savage","long":["a Scythian, an inhabitant of Scythia or modern day Russia",["by the more civilised nations of antiquity the Scythians were regarded as the wildest of barbarians"]]},"deriv":"probably of foreign origin","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈsky.θes","ipa_mod":"ˈskju.θe̞s","sbl":"skythēs","dic":"SKOO-thase","dic_mod":"SKYOO-thase"}}