ruffle
English
/ˈɹʌfəl/
noun
Definitions
- Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
- Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
- (military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
- (zoology) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ruffelen derived from Old Norse hrufla (graze, scratch) derived from Middle Low German ruffelen (wrinkle, curl).
Origin
Middle Low German
ruffelen
Gloss
wrinkle, curl
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
皺
Emoji
🐘
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -able English
- crossruff English
- overruff English
- riffle English
- ruff English
- ruffer English
- ruffleless English
- rufflement English
- ruffler English
- ruffless English
- rufflike English
- ruffly English
- toruffle English
- un- English
- underruff English
- unruffable English
- unrufflable English
- unruffle English
- ruffianeggiare Italian
- ruffianeria Italian
- ruffianesco Italian
- ruffiano Italian
- rufian French
- rufián Spanish, Castilian
- ruffelen Middle English
- hrufla Old Norse
- arrufar Galician
- hruf Old High German
- hruf, hrŭf Old High German
- rufian Middle French
- arrufar Old Portuguese
- ruffelen Middle Low German