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Webster 1913 Edition


Furfur


Fur′fur

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Noun.
[L.]
Scurf; dandruff.

Webster 1828 Edition


Furfur

FUR'FUR

,
Noun.
[L.] Dandruff; scurf; scales like bran.

Definition 2024


furfur

furfur

English

Noun

furfur (plural furfures)

  1. (archaic, countable) a particle of dandruff
  2. (archaic, uncountable) dandruff
    • 1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun
      ‘Aye,’ said WS, still in bed, scratching his baldness, examining the furfur in his fingernails.

Translations


Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰur-

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfur.fur/, [ˈfʊr.fʊr]

Noun

furfur m (genitive furfuris); third declension

  1. bran, husks of grain
  2. scaly infection of the skin

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative furfur furfurēs
genitive furfuris furfurum
dative furfurī furfuribus
accusative furfurem furfurēs
ablative furfure furfuribus
vocative furfur furfurēs

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