As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
DANDRUFF
dandruff
(noun) loose scales shed from the scalp; “I could see the dandruff on her shoulders”
dandruff
(noun) a condition in which white scales of dead skin are shed by the scalp
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dandruff (usually uncountable, plural dandruffs)
Scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis.
Verb
dandruff (third-person singular simple present dandruffs, present participle dandruffing, simple past and past participle dandruffed)
To fall or cover with white flakes, like dandruff.
Source: Wiktionary
Dandruff, n. Etym: [Prob. from W. toncrust, peel, skin + AS. dr dirty, draffy, or W. drwg bad: cf. AS. tan a letter, an eruption. sq. root240.]
Definition: A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small or particles. [Written also dandriff.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
13 February 2025
BREAK
(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”
Coffee Trivia
