furfur
/ˈfɝfɚ/obsolete
furfur is a noun meaning “a particle of dandruff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-U-R-F-U-R, and it appears about once in every 93 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of furfur is furfures.
What does furfur mean?
noun
- 1
archaica particle of dandruff
- 2
archaicdandruff
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce furfur?
- UK /ˈfɜːfə/
- US /ˈfɝfɚ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is furfur?
Furfur appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does furfur come 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”)).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).