mufti
noun /ˈmʌfti/
/ˈmʌfti/
- [countable] (also Mufti)a Muslim who is an expert in legal matters connected with Islam
- [uncountable] (old-fashioned) ordinary clothes worn by people such as soldiers who wear uniform in their job
- officers in mufti
Word Originsense 1 late 16th cent.: from Arabic muftī, active participle of 'aftā ‘decide a point of law’.sense 2 early 19th cent.: perhaps humorously from mufti (sense 1).