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Definitions for Ruffed

[1] displaying or wearing a ruff.
[2] a neckpiece or collar of lace, lawn, or the like, gathered or drawn into deep, full, regular folds, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
[3] something resembling such a piece in form or position.
[4] a collar, or set of lengthened or specially marked hairs or feathers, on the neck of an animal.
[5] Ornithology . a species of European and Asian sandpiper, Philomachus pugnax, the male of which has a large erectile ruff of feathers during the breeding season. Compare reeve3.
[6] Alaska and Northern Canada . a fringe of fur around the edge of a parka hood or along the edges of a jacket.
[7] tease(def 3) .
[8] an act or instance of trumping when one cannot follow suit.
[9] an old game of cards, resembling whist.
[10] to trump when unable to follow suit.
[11] a circular pleated, gathered, or fluted collar of lawn, muslin, etc, often starched or wired, worn by both men and women in the 16th and 17th centuries
[12] zoology a natural growth of long or coloured hair or feathers around the necks of certain animals or birds
[13] an Old World shore bird, Philomachus pugnax , the male of which has a large erectile ruff of feathers in the breeding season: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc), order Charadriiformes the male of this bird Compare reeve 3
[14] another word for trump 1
[15] an old card game similar to whist
[16] cards another word for trump 1 (def. 4)
[17] another name for roughie 1

Words nearby Ruffed

rueful, rufen, rufescent, ruff, ruffe, ruffed, ruffed grouse, ruffian, ruffianism, ruffini's corpuscle, ruffle

Origin of Ruffed

21580–90; probably < French ro(u)ffle; cognate with Italian ronfa a card game, probably < German Trumpf trump1

Words that may be confused with Ruffed

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, ruffrough, ruff

Other words from Ruffed

un·ruffed , adjective
ruff·like , adjective

Word origin for Ruffed

C16: from Old French roffle ; perhaps changed from Italian trionfa trump 1