bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo
(noun) a cruel and brutal fellow
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ruffian (plural ruffians)
A scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person.
Synonyms: rogue, scamp, Thesaurus:troublemaker
(obsolete) A pimp; a pander.
Synonym: Thesaurus:pimp
(obsolete) A lover; a paramour.
ruffian (third-person singular simple present ruffians, present participle ruffianing, simple past and past participle ruffianed)
To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.
ruffian (comparative more ruffian, superlative most ruffian)
Brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous.
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Source: Wiktionary
Ruf"fian ( or ; 277), n. Etym: [F. rufien, OF. ruffen, ruffian, pimp. libertine, ake; cf. pr. & Sp. rufian, It. ruffiano; all perhaps of German or Dutch origin; cf. G. raufen to pluck, scuffle, fight, OD. roffen to pander. Cf. Ruffle to grow urbulent.]
1. A pimp; a pander; also, a paramour. [Obs.] he [her husband] is no sooner abroad than she is instantly at home, reveling with her ruffians. Bp. Reynolds.
2. A boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat. Wilt thou on thy deathbed play the ruffian Shak.
Ruf"fian, a.
Definition: brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage.
Ruf"fian, v. i.
Definition: To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult. [R.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 December 2024
(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
