† ruff-raffadj.

Forms: 1500s ruffe raffe.

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: A reduplicative formation (with variation of the vowel) of imitative origin (perhaps compare raff n.¹). For similar formations first attested in Stanyhurst compare riff-raff n.², rack jack n., crack-rack adj., and huff-puff adj.

Obsolete. rare.

Noisy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adjective] > noisy

fervent1465

brawlinga1568

baw-waw1570

rouncing?1576

ruff-raff1582

reirding1591

wrangling1608

perstreperous1629

ran-tan1630

streperous1637

clamant1639

chiding1648

loudmouth1668

noisy1675

noise-making1678

strepitous1681

dinsome1724

strepent1750

dinny1768

loud-mouthing1788

dinning1813

blatant1816

noisome1825

strepitant1855

polyphloisboisterousa1875

noisesome1925

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil Descr. Liparen in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 95 Now doe they rayse gastly lyghtnings, now grislye reboundings Of ruffe raffe roaring [L. fulgores nunc terrificos sonitumque..miscebant].

1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. A Then did he make, heauens vault to rebounde, with rounce robble hobble Of ruffe raffe roaring.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	ruff-raff
释义	† ruff-raffadj. Forms: 1500s ruffe raffe. Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: A reduplicative formation (with variation of the vowel) of imitative origin (perhaps compare raff n.¹). For similar formations first attested in Stanyhurst compare riff-raff n.², rack jack n., crack-rack adj., and huff-puff adj. Obsolete. rare. Noisy. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adjective] > noisy fervent1465 brawlinga1568 baw-waw1570 rouncing?1576 ruff-raff1582 reirding1591 wrangling1608 perstreperous1629 ran-tan1630 streperous1637 clamant1639 chiding1648 loudmouth1668 noisy1675 noise-making1678 strepitous1681 dinsome1724 strepent1750 dinny1768 loud-mouthing1788 dinning1813 blatant1816 noisome1825 strepitant1855 polyphloisboisterousa1875 noisesome1925 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil Descr. Liparen in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 95 Now doe they rayse gastly lyghtnings, now grislye reboundings Of ruffe raffe roaring [L. fulgores nunc terrificos sonitumque..miscebant]. 1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. A Then did he make, heauens vault to rebounde, with rounce robble hobble Of ruffe raffe roaring. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1582
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