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toruffle

verb
/təˈɹʌfəl/

Etymology

From to- + ruffle.

  1. derived from ruffelen — “to wrinkle, curl”
  2. derived from hrufla — “to graze, scratch”
  3. inherited from ruffelen
  4. prefixed as toruffle — “to + ruffle”

Definitions

  1. To ruffle excessively, to the degree of causing something to lose its proper form or shape

    To ruffle excessively, to the degree of causing something to lose its proper form or shape; ruffle up.

    • She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings / That in the various bustle of resort / Were all toruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd.

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