dandruff
Scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalpScaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)Scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis
Dandruff is on my collar again.
Kopfschuppen, Schuppen, Hautschuppe
пе́рхотьpérxotʹ
лупа́lupá
a condition in which white scales of dead skin are shed by the scalp
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Origin
The word is first attested in 1545; the first element is obscure, but compare dander. TheThe 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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Forms
plural: dandruffsSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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