furfur
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 6
/ˈfɜːfə/
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/ˈfɜːfə/ · /ˈfɝfɚ/
Definition of furfur
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (archaic, countable, usually)a particle of dandruff
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noun
- (archaic, countable, usually)a particle of dandruff
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(archaic, uncountable, usually)dandruff
“‘Aye,’ said WS, still in bed, scratching his baldness, examining the furfur in his fingernails.”
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Etymology
From Latin furfur (“bran”), reduplication of *fur, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰur-, metathesis of *gʰrus- (compare Lithuanian grū́sti (“to grind (barley)”), Ancient Greek χρώς (khrṓs, “skin, husk”)).
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