SPOFFISH

Etymology

Adjective

spoffish (comparative more spoffish, superlative most spoffish)

(UK, colloquial, dated) earnest and active in matters of no importance; bustling

Mr. Malderton, […] a little spoffish man, with green spectacles, entered the room.

Source: Wiktionary


Spof"fish, a. Etym: [probably from Prov. E. spoffle to be spoffish.]

Definition: Earnest and active in matters of no moment; bustling. [Colloq. Eng.] Dickens.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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