ruffin

English

Etymology

See ruffian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹʌfɪn/

Adjective

ruffin (comparative more ruffin, superlative most ruffin)

1. (obsolete) disordered
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 34:

     His ruffin raiment all was staind with blood.

References

• “ruffin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.