Dandier vs Dander - What's the difference?
dandier | dander |
(dandy)
Like a dandy, foppish.
Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.
Almost first rate.
A man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance.
(British, nautical) A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.
A dandy roller.
Dandruff—scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp.
Hair follicles and dead skin shed from mammals.
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.
(slang) Passion, temper, anger. Usually preceded by "have" or "get" and followed by "up".
To wander about.
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To maunder, to talk incoherently.
As an adjective dandier
is (dandy).As a noun dander is
dandruff—scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp or dander can be (slang) passion, temper, anger usually preceded by "have" or "get" and followed by "up".As a verb dander is
to wander about.dandier
English
Adjective
(head)Anagrams
*dandy
English
Adjective
(er)- That's all fine and dandy , but how much does it cost?
- What a dandy little laptop you have.
Noun
(dandies)Synonyms
* (man concerned with appearance) dude, fop, macaroni, masher, metrosexual, popinjay, buckDerived terms
* dandify * dandification * dandyishSee also
* * ----dander
English
(wikipedia dander)Etymology 1
Alteration of dandruffNoun
(-)Etymology 2
(en)Noun
(-)- He'll get his dander up if his team is criticized.
- She has her dander up every day about discrimination against women.
See also
* knee-jerk (Passion, temper, anger)Etymology 3
Alteration of dandle or daddleVerb
(en verb)- 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