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debuff

noun
/ˈdiː.bʌf//diːˈbʌf/

Etymology

From de- + buff (“to make a player or item stronger”).

  1. derived from *bʰeyH-✻ — “to fear, to be afraid”
  2. inherited from *bubjaną✻
  3. inherited from byffan — “to mumble, mutter”
  4. inherited from buffen — “to stutter, stammer”
  5. prefixed as debuff — “de + buff”

Definitions

  1. An effect that makes a game character weaker

    An effect that makes a game character weaker; a negative status effect.

  2. To make a character or unit weaker.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for debuff. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA