toruffle

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toruffle

/təˈɹʌfəl/

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From to- + ruffle.

verb toruffles · toruffling · toruffled

archaic, transitive To ruffle excessively, to the degree of causing something to lose its proper form or shape; ruffle up. She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings / That in the various bustle of resort / Were all toruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd.

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@misc{toruffle_2026,
  title = {toruffle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/toruffle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}