English
scuggery
From scug + -ery.
Formed from scug + -ery
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ *(s)ḱuh₃-nés ‘(one's) shadow, reflection’
Proto-Germanic *skuwwô ‘shadow, reflection’
Old Norse skuggi
English scug
Today it means
noun Dishonest behaviour; criminal conduct; villainy
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / scuggery