Furfuraceous means covered with dandruff or characterized by flakiness.
Furfuraceous describes something covered with dandruff or having flaky qualities.
| Front | furfuraceous \fur-fyuh-REY-shuhs, -fuh-\ |
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| Back | adjective 1. Covered with dandruff. 2. Flaky. [From Latin furfur (bran, flake). Earliest documented use: 1650.] "When she looked at the photographs of raging urticaria and furfuraceous rashes, she teetered between repulsion and captivation." Dashka Slater; The Wishing Box; Chronicle Books; 2010. "I met quite a number of composers who were frankly flaky, or furfuraceous, to use a more elegant term." - Nicolas Slonimsky; Musings of a Musical Mind; Los Angeles Times; Mar 27, 1988. |
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