RUFFIAN


Meaning of RUFFIAN in English

■ noun a violent or lawless person.

Derivatives

~ism noun

~ly adjective

Origin

C15: from OFr. ~ , from Ital. ~o , perh. from dialect rofia 'scab, scurf', of Gmc origin.

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