Ruff Definition

Origin of Ruff

• Middle English rowe, roffe, ruffe any of various fishes, especially Gymnocephalus cernuus perhaps from variant of rough rough rough or from Medieval Latin rufus a kind of fish (perhaps from Latin rūfus red, tawny rufous)

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Obsolete French ronfle, roffle a kind of card game from Old French ronfle from renfler to rise re- re- enfler to cause to swell (from Latin īnflāre inflate)

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Perhaps short for ruffle

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• A shortening of ruffle

  From Wiktionary

• Onomatopoeic.

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