dander
/ˈdændə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.21 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Allergen particles that accumulate on and may be shed from the skin and fur of domestic animals, especially from household pets such as cats and dogs.
Uncountable
verb
To wander about.
verb
To maunder, to talk incoherently.
Example Sentences
- "He'll get his dander up if his team is criticized."
- "She has her dander up every day about discrimination against women."
- "Don’t talk to me about daring to do this thing or t’other, or when my dander is up it’s the very thing to urge me on."
- "So as neither of them were particularly pressed for time, as it happened, and the temperature refreshing since it cleared up after the recent visitation of Jupiter Pluvius, they dandered along past by where the empty vehicle was waiting without a fare or a jarvey"
- ""I'll have no more of it. I'll have no more Dinny Ryans handlin' flesh and blood of my gettin'. Ye'd see me dyin' for a sup of drink to give me peace, and you philanderin' and danderin' with yon scut of a fellow, and worse doin's behind that, if the truth is told.""
Etymology
From a shortening of dandruff.
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
danderer
dandersome