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furfur.

a particle of dandruff

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfɜːfə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈfɝfɚ/General-American
  1. a particle of dandruff

    archaic · countable · usually
  2. dandruff

    archaic · uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

From Latin furfur (“bran”), reduplication of *fur, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰur-, metathesis of *gʰrus- (compare Lithuanian grū́sti (“to grind (barley)”), Ancient Greek χρώς (khrṓs, “skin, husk”)).

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