dandruffy

dandruffy

The place was dark and musty, and the same sullen guard lazed about in his dandruffy blazer.

b) Covered in dandruff.

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  • dandruffy — adjective see dandruff …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • dandruffy — See dandruff. * * * …   Universalium

  • dandruffy — dan·druffy …   English syllables

  • dandruffy — adjective see dandruff …   Useful english dictionary

  • dandruff — dandruffy, dandriffy, adj. /dan dreuhf/, n. a seborrheic scurf that forms on the scalp and comes off in small scales. Also, dandriff /dan drif/. [1535 45; orig. uncert.] * * * Skin disorder of the scalp, a mild form of dermatitis. It affects most …   Universalium

  • dandruff — noun Etymology: probably from dand (origin unknown) + ruff, from Middle English rove scabby condition, from Old Norse hrūfa scab; akin to Old High German hruf scurf, Lithuanian kraupus rough Date: 1545 scaly white or grayish flakes of dead skin… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • dandruff — noun small pieces of dead skin in a person s hair. Derivatives dandruffy adjective Origin C16: the first element is unknown; the second ( ruff) is perh. related to ME rove scurfy condition of the skin …   English new terms dictionary

  • dandruff — [dan′drəf] n. [< earlier dandro, dander ( < ?) + dial. hurf, scab < ON hrufa: see GRAUPEL] 1. little scales or flakes of dead skin formed on the scalp 2. a condition of the scalp in which such scales are formed dandruffy adj …   English World dictionary

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