scurfy

[skur-fee]

scurf·y

[skur-fee]
adjective, scurf·i·er, scurf·i·est.
resembling, producing, or covered with or as if with scurf.

Origin:
1475–85; scurf + -y1

scurfy, scurvy.
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Scurfy is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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scurf (skɜːf)
 
n
1.  another name for dandruff
2.  flaky or scaly matter adhering to or peeling off a surface
 
[Old English scurf; related to Old Norse skurfōttr scurfy, Old High German scorf, Danish skurv]
 
'scurfy
 
adj

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