† rifty tuftyadv.

Origin: Probably an imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Probably a reduplicative formation ultimately of imitative origin (compare in similar senses e.g. pell-mell adv., helter-skelter adv., harum-scarum adv.). Compare also slightly later rufty-tufty adj., earlier riff and raff adv., and parallels cited at that entry. Perhaps compare also riff-raff n.¹, riff-raff adj., and riff-raff n.²

Obsolete. rare.

In disorderly haste or confusion; helter-skelter.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adverb] > swiftly and urgently > with disorderly haste

rifty tufty1592

hivie-skivy1646

skimper-scamper1778

1592 N. Breton Pilgrimage to Paradise 47 To sweare, and stare, vntil we come on shore, Then rifty tufty, each one to his skore.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	rifty tufty
释义	† rifty tuftyadv. Origin: Probably an imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Probably a reduplicative formation ultimately of imitative origin (compare in similar senses e.g. pell-mell adv., helter-skelter adv., harum-scarum adv.). Compare also slightly later rufty-tufty adj., earlier riff and raff adv., and parallels cited at that entry. Perhaps compare also riff-raff n.¹, riff-raff adj., and riff-raff n.² Obsolete. rare. In disorderly haste or confusion; helter-skelter. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adverb] > swiftly and urgently > with disorderly haste rifty tufty1592 hivie-skivy1646 skimper-scamper1778 1592 N. Breton Pilgrimage to Paradise 47 To sweare, and stare, vntil we come on shore, Then rifty tufty, each one to his skore. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adv.1592
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