dandruff
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- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 18
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- 8
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Definition of dandruff
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable, usually)scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis
“Dandruff is on my collar again.”
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noun
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(uncountable, usually)scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis
“Dandruff is on my collar again.”
verb
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To fall or cover with white flakes, like dandruff.
“The toaster is broken and salt is dandruffing my wool sweater.”
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Etymology
The word is first attested in 1545; the first element is obscure, but compare dander. The second element derives from a Northumbrian or East Anglian Middle English hurf (“scab”), from Old Norse hrufa. Compare Dutch roof, Luxembourgish Roff. Related with Proto-Germanic *hreubaz, *hreufaz (“rough, scabby”), source of Old English hrēofla (“leprosy, leper”). More at reef (etymology 3).
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