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noun (uncountable)
  1. scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp
Dandruff is on my collar again.
Etymology: The word is first attested in 1545; the first element is obscure, the second element derives from Northumbrian or E. Anglian dialect huff, hurf "scab," from O.N. hrufa, from P.Gmc.
  • hreufaz, source of O.E. hreofla "leper."



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