dandruff
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dandruff/ˈdandrʌf/
▶noun small pieces of dead skin in a person's hair.
– derivatives
dandruffy adjective.
dandruffy adjective.
– origin C16: the first element is unknown; the second (-ruff) is perh. rel. to ME rove ‘scurfy condition of the skin’.
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