Hufflepuff
English
noun
Definitions
- A person having traits associated with house from the , including patience, justice, and loyalty or an affinity for badgers or the colours yellow and black.
Etymology
Compound from English huff + English puff (puff of air).
Origin
English
puff
Gloss
puff of air
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- airpuff English
- apuff English
- bepuff English
- depuff English
- huff English
- huffcap English
- huffer English
- huffish English
- huffy English
- outpuff English
- piffle English
- pizza puff English
- puff English
- puffable English
- puffball English
- puffbird English
- puffcorn English
- puffed English
- puffer English
- puffery English
- puffest English
- puffeth English
- puffleg English
- puffless English
- pufflet English
- puffy English
- windpuff English
- puffata Finnish
- puff Middle English
- הפלפאף Hebrew (modern)