Furfur

//ˈfɜːfə// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    a particle of dandruff archaic, countable, usually
  2. 2
    dandruff archaic, uncountable, usually

    "‘Aye,’ said WS, still in bed, scratching his baldness, examining the furfur in his fingernails."

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carrioncorruptiondandruffdecayexcrementfilth

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"‘Aye,’ said WS, still in bed, scratching his baldness, examining the furfur in his fingernails."

Etymology

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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