■ noun small pieces of dead skin in a person's hair.
Derivatives
~y adjective
Origin
C16: the first element is unknown; the second ( -ruff ) is perh. related to ME rove 'scurfy condition of the skin'.
■ noun small pieces of dead skin in a person's hair.
Derivatives
~y adjective
Origin
C16: the first element is unknown; the second ( -ruff ) is perh. related to ME rove 'scurfy condition of the skin'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004