chuffe

Middle English

Alternative forms

• choffe, chutte

Etymology

Unknown; possibly an arbitrary sound-symbolic formation.

Noun

chuffe (plural chuffes)

1. (Late Middle English, rare) rustic, boor

Descendants

• English: chuff
• Scots: chuf
• Yola: chugh

References

• “chuffe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.