curfufflen.

Forms: Also carfuffle, cafuffle, etc.

Etymology: < curfuffle v.Now widely used as a colloquialism in the forms gefuffle n. and (especially) kerfuffle n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: curˈfuffle.

Scottish.

Disorder, flurry, agitation.

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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > instance of

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1813 G. Bruce Poems, Ballads, & Songs 65 An' Jeanie's kirtle, aye sae neat, Gat there a sad carfuffle.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. v. 128 Monkbarns in an unco carfuffle.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. xiv. 335 Troth, and my lord maun be turned feel outright, an he puts himsel into sic a curfuffle for ony thing ye could bring him, Edie.

1823 M. Corbett & M. Corbett Petticoat Tales I. 333 (Jam.) Ye need na put yoursel into ony carfuffle about the matter.

1953 John o' London's Weekly 3 July 602/3 The word cafuffle is still in general use in her part of Scotland..as a noun meaning a state of confusion.

1955 C. S. Lewis Surprised by Joy vii. 114 I could put up with any amount of monotony far more patiently than even the smallest disturbance, bother, bustle, or what the Scotch call kurfuffle.

1960 K. Martin Matter of Time 187 The girl next door and her boy friend are having a wee cafoufle in the garden.

1961 Radio Times 14 Dec. 3/2 You remember the cafuffle there was when the Ministry of Transport introduced their ten-year test for cars.

1971 Times 9 Jan. 16/4 Since the predictable pre-April curfuffle, there has been the predictable summer and autumn hush.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

curfufflev.

Etymology: Derivative of a simple fuffle v. to disorder: the first syllable is perhaps Gaelic car twist, bend, turn about; used in combination in car-fhocal quibble, prevarication, car-shúil rolling eye, car-tuaitheal wrong turn: compare the Lowland Scots curcuddoch, curdoo, curgloff, curjute, curmurring, curnoited, in which the prefix seems to have the sense of Latin dis-.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: curˈfuffle.

Scottish.

transitive. To put into a state of disorder; to ruffle.

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1583 R. Sempill Bp. of St. Androis in Ballates (1872) 215 His ruffe curfufled about his craig.

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 81 (Jam.) Ye ken where Dick curfuffled a' her hair.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	curfuffle
释义	curfufflen. Forms: Also carfuffle, cafuffle, etc. Etymology: < curfuffle v.Now widely used as a colloquialism in the forms gefuffle n. and (especially) kerfuffle n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: curˈfuffle. Scottish. Disorder, flurry, agitation. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > instance of viretotec1386 moving?a1439 reela1450 stir1487 songa1500 pirrie1536 hurly-burly1548 make-a-do1575 confusions1599 the hunt is upa1625 ruffle1642 fuss1701 fraction1721 fizza1734 dust1753 noration1773 steeriea1776 splorea1791 rook1808 piece of work1810 curfuffle1813 squall1813 rookerya1820 stushie1824 shindy1829 shine1832 hurroosh1836 fustle1839 upsetting1847 shinty1848 ructions1862 vex1862 houp-la1870 set-out1875 hoodoo1876 tingle-tangle1880 shemozzle1885 take-on1893 dust-up1897 hoo-ha1931 tra-la-la1933 gefuffle1943 tzimmes1945 kerfuffle1946 1813 G. Bruce Poems, Ballads, & Songs 65 An' Jeanie's kirtle, aye sae neat, Gat there a sad carfuffle. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. v. 128 Monkbarns in an unco carfuffle. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. xiv. 335 Troth, and my lord maun be turned feel outright, an he puts himsel into sic a curfuffle for ony thing ye could bring him, Edie. 1823 M. Corbett & M. Corbett Petticoat Tales I. 333 (Jam.) Ye need na put yoursel into ony carfuffle about the matter. 1953 John o' London's Weekly 3 July 602/3 The word cafuffle is still in general use in her part of Scotland..as a noun meaning a state of confusion. 1955 C. S. Lewis Surprised by Joy vii. 114 I could put up with any amount of monotony far more patiently than even the smallest disturbance, bother, bustle, or what the Scotch call kurfuffle. 1960 K. Martin Matter of Time 187 The girl next door and her boy friend are having a wee cafoufle in the garden. 1961 Radio Times 14 Dec. 3/2 You remember the cafuffle there was when the Ministry of Transport introduced their ten-year test for cars. 1971 Times 9 Jan. 16/4 Since the predictable pre-April curfuffle, there has been the predictable summer and autumn hush. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). curfufflev. Etymology: Derivative of a simple fuffle v. to disorder: the first syllable is perhaps Gaelic car twist, bend, turn about; used in combination in car-fhocal quibble, prevarication, car-shúil rolling eye, car-tuaitheal wrong turn: compare the Lowland Scots curcuddoch, curdoo, curgloff, curjute, curmurring, curnoited, in which the prefix seems to have the sense of Latin dis-.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: curˈfuffle. Scottish. transitive. To put into a state of disorder; to ruffle. ΚΠ 1583 R. Sempill Bp. of St. Androis in Ballates (1872) 215 His ruffe curfufled about his craig. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 81 (Jam.) Ye ken where Dick curfuffled a' her hair. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1813v.1583
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