Definition/Meaning of dander
- English - Noun: dander (usually uncountable, plural danders) (uncountable, usually) Dandruff —scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp. (uncountable, usually) Hair follicles and dead skin shed from mammals. (uncountable, usually) 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. dander (plural danders)…
- English - Verb: dander (third-person singular simple present danders, present participle dandering, simple past and past participle dandered) To wander about. 1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[[Episode 16]]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC: 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…
- English - External links: dander in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , G . & C . Merriam, 1913 dander in The Century Dictionary , The Century Co ., New York , 1911 dander at OneLook Dictionary Search
- English - Anagrams: darned
- English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From a shortening of dandruff . Etymology 2. Uncertain. Etymology 3. Alteration of dandle or daddle