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• dandriff (archaic)

語源

The word is first attested in 1545; the first element is obscure, but compare dander. The second element derives from a Northumbrian or East Anglian 中期英語 hurf (“scab”), from Old Norse hrufa. Compare Dutch roof, Luxembourgish Roff. Related with Proto-Germanic *hreubaz, *hreufaz (“rough, scabby”), source of 古期英語 hrēofla (“leprosy, leper”). More at reef (etymology 3).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈdændɹʌf/, /ˈdændɹʊf/
• (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈdændɹəf/, [ˈdɛəndɹəf]
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈdændɹʌf/, /ˈdændɹəf/

名詞

dandruff (usually uncountable, plural dandruffs)

1. scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis

   Dandruff is on my collar again.

同意語

派生語

動詞

dandruff (third-person singular simple present dandruffs, present participle dandruffing, simple past and past participle dandruffed)

1. To fall or cover with white flakes, like dandruff.
   • 2014, Kaethe Schwehn, Tailings: A Memoir, page 82:

     The toaster is broken and salt is dandruffing my wool sweater.