EnglishModificar

Alternative spellingsModificar

• dandriff (rare)

EtymologyModificar

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 Old Norse hrufa, from P.Gmc. *hreufaz, source of O.E. hreofla (“‘leper’”)

NounModificar

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

   Dandruff is on my collar again.

Derived termsModificar

• dander

TranslationsModificar

et:dandruff hy:dandruff io:dandruff kn:dandruff hu:dandruff my:dandruff pl:dandruff ru:dandruff fi:dandruff ta:dandruff te:dandruff tr:dandruff vi:dandruff zh:dandruff