dandruff
pronunciation
How to pronounce dandruff in British English:
UK [ˈdændrʌf]
How to pronounce dandruff in American English:
US [ˈdændrəf]
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- Noun:
- a condition in which white scales of dead skin are shed by the scalp
- loose scales shed from the scalp
Word Origin
- dandruff
- dandruff: [16] The word dandruff (or dandriff, as it commonly used to be) first appears, out of the blue, in the mid 16th century, with no known relatives. Its first element, dand-, remains utterly obscure, but the second part may have been borrowed from Old Norse hrufa or Middle Low German rōve, both meaning ‘scab’ (Middle English had a word roufe ‘scab, scurf’, and modern Dutch has roof).
- dandruff (n.)
- 1540s, first element obscure, second element is Northumbrian or East Anglian dialectal huff, hurf "scab," from Old Norse hrufa, from Proto-Germanic *hreufaz, source of Old English hreofla "leper."
Example
- 1. If some of them would only make major advances to a lesser problem --- like eliminating dandruff , say --- they might in fact make more people happier more of the time !
- 2. It 's like having dandruff in your stomach .
- 3. Dandruff makes mr. lee scratch his head all the time .
- 4. Dandruff is a common problem .
- 5. Dandruff causes permanent hair loss .