Complete Definition of "furfur"

English

Etymology
Latin furfur#Latin|furfur �bran�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'f�:f�/

Noun
en-noun|es|pl2=furfres
rfv-inflection|furfures
rfv-inflection|furfres (this was the previously-given plural, probably a typo)

  1. context|archaic|countable a particle of dandruff
  2. context|archaic|uncountable dandruff

#:*1964: �Aye,� said WS, still in bed, scratching his baldness, examining the furfur in his fingernails. � Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun

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