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单词 ruffy
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ruffyn.1

Forms: 1500s roofye; Scottish pre-1700 ruffeis (plural), pre-1700 ruffie, pre-1700 ruffy.
Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: Ruffin n.1; ruffian n.
Etymology: Probably partly a variant of Ruffin n.1, and partly a variant of ruffian n.: compare -y suffix6.
Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete.
1. (The name of) a devil or fiend. Also in Ruffy Ragman, Ruffy Tasker. Cf. Ruffin n.1, ruffian n.In earliest quots. (1502, 1507): a person playing the part of a devil or fiend in the St Nicholas Day festivities.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > [noun]
hell-devileOE
shuckc888
ghosteOE
devilOE
warlockOE
angelOE
unwighta1200
beastc1225
ragmanc1400
Satanasc1426
diabolic1502
ruffy1502
Satan?1545
Avernal?1548
fallen angel?1587
rebel angel1623
deedle1653
blackamoor1663
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > actor playing specific type of part
ruffy1502
chorus1561
prologuer1570
prologue1579
turquet1625
woman actor1633
underpart1679
epilogist1716
prologist1716
epiloguizer1748
old man1762
prologuizer1762
buffo1764
extrac1777
jeune premier1817
primo buffo1826
character actor1841
utility man1849
deuteragonist1855
character comedian1857
bit playera1859
utility actor1860
serio-comic1866
juvenile lead1870
serio-comique1870
heavy1880
utility1885
thinker1886
onnagata1889
serio1889
juvenile1890
tritagonist1890
oyama1925
juve1935
1502 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 350 Be the kingis command, to Sanct Nicholais beschop, iij Franch crounis;..to the deblatis and ruffyis, vij s.
1507 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 87 To Sanct Nicholais..xxviij s. To his ruffyis, ix s.
1559 D. Lindsay Dreme in Wks. (1931) I. 285 Sum repentit neuer in thare lyue: Quhairfor, but reuth tha ruffeis did thame ryue.
1568 J. Rowll Cursing l. 131 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 281 Ruffy ragmen [sc. a devil] wt his taggis Sall ryfe þair sinfull saule in raggis.
1568 J. Rowll Cursing l. 129 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 281 Ruffy tasker wt his flaill Sall beit þame all fra top to taill.
1599 S. Harsnett Discov. Fraudulent Pract. I. Darrel 308 One of them saying his name was Roofye—‘Thou lyest,’ quoth M. Darrell, ‘that name is common to all spirits.’
1871 Vocab. Sc. Gipsies in Adventures B.-M. Carew 383 Ruffie, the devil.
2. gen. A ruffian.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > ruffian > [noun]
routerc1300
tyrant1377
ruffy?a1513
ruffiana1525
kempy1525
cut-throat1535
slasher1559
cutter1569
hackster1574
hacker1576
cuttle1600
ruffiano1611
bully rook1673
thug1838
Apache1902
ned1910
rough-up1911
goonda1926
hoon1938
messer1942
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > person
tyrant1377
routera1500
termagant1508
ruffy?a1513
ruffiana1525
pander1593
thunderbolt1593
bully1604
ruffiano1611
tearer1633
violentoa1661
boy1662
violent1667
hardhead1774
Arab1788
ring-tailed roarer1828
blood-tub1853
tornado1863
stormer1886
hooligan1898
Apache1902
ned1910
rough-up1911
radge1923
goonda1926
pretty-boy1931
tough baby1932
bad-john1935
hoon1938
shit-kicker1954
tough boy1958
oafo1959
ass-kicker1962
droog1962
trog1983
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 68 Bot quhow is he content or nocht..Wpone this ruffie to remord.
1570 R. Sempill Spur to Lordis (single sheet) Thay Ruffyis be thay neuer sa ryfe Thay get na helpe of France.
1572 R. Sempill Lament. Commounis Scotl. (single sheet) Thay reuthles Ruffeis but reuth with crueltie Did slay my husband.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

ruffyn.2

Brit. /ˈrʌfi/, U.S. /ˈrəfi/, Scottish English /ˈrʌfɪ/
Forms:

α. 1700s– ruffy, 2000s– ruffie.

β. 1800s roughie.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ruff n.1, -y suffix6.
Etymology: Apparently < ruff n.1 + -y suffix6.The β. forms show remodelling by association with rough adj.
Scottish. Now historical.
A rough light made from a rag wick dipped in tallow; (also) a dried root or the like used as a rude torch. Cf. ruff n.1
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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > torch > [noun]
blazec1000
torchc1290
lampa1382
flambec1430
shaft?c1450
cresset1578
brandon?1614
mussal1698
ruffy1793
torch-brand1825
bug1924
1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IX. 328 When the goodman of the house made family worship, they lighted a ruffy, to enable him to read the psalm..before he prayed.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Ruffy, a wick clogged with tallow, instead of being dipped.
1814 J. Train Let. 19 Dec. in W. Partington Sir. Walter's Post-bag (1932) 109 Fenele ran with a lighted roughie in her hand to place it before the strangers.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. xv. 284 Laying the roughies to keep the cauld wind frae you.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Ruffy,..the blaze or torch used in fishing by night with the Lister.
1829 W. Scott Guy Mannering (new ed.) II. xxvi. 264 (note) When dry splinters, or branches, are used as fuel to supply the light for burning the water, as it is called, they are termed, as in the text, Roughies.
1907 J. Horne County Caithness 123 When a brand was needed to show a stranger to his bed in the ‘cellar’,..the root of a decayed fir-tree (called the ‘ruffy’) was lit.
2006 A. Fenton in S. Storrier Sc. Life & Soc. v. 71 A brand of bog fir or a torch made of cotton rags dipped in tallow was known as a ‘ruffie’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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