Definitions | dandruff |
| noun (uncountable)
- 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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