furfuraceous
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling bran; having or characterised by small flakes that resemble bran or dandruff.
Example Sentences
- "1828, William Jackson Hooker, Pitcairnia Bracteata: Bracteated Pitcairnia, Samuel Curtis (editor), Curtis's Botanical Magazine: Or, Flower Garden Displayed, Volume 55 [Volume 2 of the New Series], page 207, Leaves a foot or more long on the lower part of the cylindrical and furfuraceous stem, linear-lanceolate, coriaceous, obscurely striated, very acuminated, the margin entire, except at the sheathing base, where there are some strong brown teeth pointing upwards: […] ."
- "This form does not produce crusts, but furfuraceous scales, white, more or less thick, sometimes damp, and adhering to the hair by the help of a viscous and fœtid discharge, and sometimes dry and friable, detaching itself from the head with the greatest facility."
- "When she looked at photographs of raging urticaria or furfuraceous rashes, she teetered between repulsion and captivation."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Phrases
furfuraceous cretinism
furfuraceous desquamation