tuffetn.

Brit.

/ˈtʌfɪt/, U.S.

/ˈtəfət/

Etymology: < tuff, French touffe (see tuft n.) with suffix-exchange diminutive -et suffix¹ for -el suffix¹ in Old French touffel.

? Obsolete exc. dialect.

1. = tuft n. 1a, 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > tuft

tuftc1405

tate1513

tuffet?1553

thrum1578

muchet1601

tassel1609

whisk1845

?1553 Respublica (1952) iii. vi. 32 The goddesse occasyon..weareth a greate long tuffet of heare beefore and behinde hathe not one heare.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxxiii. 108 At the toppe of the stalkes groweth blewish floures in thicke tuffets.

a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 178 Emerging from the ground like tuffets of rushes.

1899 P. Robinson in Contemp. Rev. June 844 [A blackcap] standing between two ‘tuffets’ of bloom.

2. A hillock, mound: = tuft n. 3b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun] > hillock

barrowc885

burrowc885

berryc1000

knapc1000

knollc1000

ball1166

howa1340

toft1362

hillocka1382

tertre1480

knowec1505

hilleta1552

hummock1555

mountainettea1586

tump1589

butt1600

mountlet1610

mounture1614

colline1641

tuft1651

knock?17..

tummock1789

mound1791

tomhan1811

koppie1848

tuffet1877

1877 R. D. Blackmore Erema II. xxxiv. 193 Here were six little grassy tuffets.

3. Perhaps: hassock or footstool.Doubtful: perhaps due to misunderstanding of the nursery rhyme, which may belong to sense 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > support or rest > [noun] > for feet

shamblec825

stoola1250

benchc1405

buffet1432

foot cushiona1475

footstool1530

cricket1559

grest1563

foot stock1567

hassock1582

cracket1635

crock1709

tuffet1805

mora1818

footrest1833

toe-board1892

1805 Songs for Nursery 31 Little Miss Muffet, She sat on a tuffet, Eating of curds and whey. [Cf. buffet n.¹]

1895 Benson in Contemp. Rev. July 125 Miss Moffat..hastily got up from the tuffet—which turned out to be a three-legged stool.

1904 Westm. Gaz. 22 Dec. 1/3 Mamie..gave him a tuffet for his narrow feet.

Derivatives

† ˈtuffetwise adv. [-wise comb. form] Obsolete in the manner or form of a tuffet or tuft.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [adverb] > relating to particular types of

tuffetwise1578

racemosely1837

paniculately1851

racemously1861

cymosely1870

umbellately1887

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lvi. 217 The stalke is of a foote and half long: at which groweth a great sort of floures tuffet~wise.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tuffet
释义	tuffetn. Brit. /ˈtʌfɪt/, U.S. /ˈtəfət/ Etymology: < tuff, French touffe (see tuft n.) with suffix-exchange diminutive -et suffix¹ for -el suffix¹ in Old French touffel. ? Obsolete exc. dialect. 1. = tuft n. 1a, 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > tuft tuftc1405 tate1513 tuffet?1553 thrum1578 muchet1601 tassel1609 whisk1845 ?1553 Respublica (1952) iii. vi. 32 The goddesse occasyon..weareth a greate long tuffet of heare beefore and behinde hathe not one heare. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxxiii. 108 At the toppe of the stalkes groweth blewish floures in thicke tuffets. a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 178 Emerging from the ground like tuffets of rushes. 1899 P. Robinson in Contemp. Rev. June 844 [A blackcap] standing between two ‘tuffets’ of bloom. 2. A hillock, mound: = tuft n. 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun] > hillock barrowc885 burrowc885 berryc1000 knapc1000 knollc1000 ball1166 howa1340 toft1362 hillocka1382 tertre1480 knowec1505 hilleta1552 hummock1555 mountainettea1586 tump1589 butt1600 mountlet1610 mounture1614 colline1641 tuft1651 knock?17.. tummock1789 mound1791 tomhan1811 koppie1848 tuffet1877 1877 R. D. Blackmore Erema II. xxxiv. 193 Here were six little grassy tuffets. 3. Perhaps: hassock or footstool.Doubtful: perhaps due to misunderstanding of the nursery rhyme, which may belong to sense 2. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > support or rest > [noun] > for feet shamblec825 stoola1250 benchc1405 buffet1432 foot cushiona1475 footstool1530 cricket1559 grest1563 foot stock1567 hassock1582 cracket1635 crock1709 tuffet1805 mora1818 footrest1833 toe-board1892 1805 Songs for Nursery 31 Little Miss Muffet, She sat on a tuffet, Eating of curds and whey. [Cf. buffet n.¹] 1895 Benson in Contemp. Rev. July 125 Miss Moffat..hastily got up from the tuffet—which turned out to be a three-legged stool. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 22 Dec. 1/3 Mamie..gave him a tuffet for his narrow feet. Derivatives † ˈtuffetwise adv. [-wise comb. form] Obsolete in the manner or form of a tuffet or tuft. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [adverb] > relating to particular types of tuffetwise1578 racemosely1837 paniculately1851 racemously1861 cymosely1870 umbellately1887 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lvi. 217 The stalke is of a foote and half long: at which groweth a great sort of floures tuffet~wise. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1553
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