dander

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Etymology 1

From a shortening of dandruff.

Noun

dander (usually uncountable, plural danders)

1. Dandruff—scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp.
2. Hair follicles and dead skin shed from mammals.
3. 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.

Translations

dead skin shed by animals

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•  Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皮屑 (zh) (píxiè)

• Finnish: hilse (fi)
• French: squame (fr) m
• German: Hautschuppe
• Italian: forfora (it) f
• Japanese: 鱗屑 (rin'setsu)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can:

• Polish: łupież (pl) m
• Portuguese: caspa (pt) f
• Russian: пе́рхоть (ru) f (pérxotʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: perut (sh), prhut (sh)
• Spanish: caspa (es) f

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain.

Noun

dander (plural danders)

1. (chiefly Scotland) A cinder; (in the plural) the refuse of a furnace
2. (slang) Passion, temper, anger. Usually preceded by "have" or "get" and followed by "up".

   He'll get his dander up if his team is criticized.

   She has her dander up every day about discrimination against women.

   • 1848 November – 1850 December​, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 44, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], OCLC 2057953:

     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.

Translations

passion, temper, anger

• French: fixette (fr) f
• German: Zorn (de) m, Wut (de) f

• Japanese: 情熱 (ja) (jōnetsu), 気性 (ja) (kishō), 怒り (ja) (ikari)
• Russian: раздраже́ние (ru) n (razdražénije)

See also

• knee-jerk (Passion, temper, anger)

Etymology 3

Alteration of dandle or daddle

Alternative forms

• daunder
• dauner

Verb

dander (third-person singular simple present danders, present participle dandering, simple past and past participle dandered)

1. To wander about.
   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[[Episode 16]]”, in Ulysses, London: The Egoist Press, published October 1922, OCLC 2297483:

     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

   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1962, page 195:

     "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."

2. To maunder, to talk incoherently.

Derived terms

• danderer
• dandersome

Further reading

• “dander” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “dander” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• dander at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Darden, Nadder, darned, randed

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Danish

Verb

dander

1. imperative of dandere

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Scots

Noun

dander (uncountable)

1. (Ulster) A gentle meandering walk with no particular haste or purpose.

   To go for a dander on the beach.

Verb

dander

1. (Ulster) To walk along with no particular haste.

   To dander along the beach.

Synonyms

• bimble
• stroll
• wander