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ruffianed

ruffianed is the simple past and past participle of ruffian.

Meaning of ruffian

Verb

ruffian (third-person singular simple present ruffians, present participle ruffianing, simple past and past participle ruffianed)

  1. (transitive) To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.
    • Methinks the wind does speak aloud at land; A fuller blast ne'er shook our battlements. If it hath ruffianed so upon the sea.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

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Questions about ruffianed

What is ruffianed the simple past and past participle of?
Ruffianed is the simple past and past participle of ruffian.

Words near ruffianed in the dictionary

  1. ruffes
  2. ruffest
  3. ruffian
  4. ruffianage
  5. ruffiandom
  6. ruffianed
  7. ruffianhood
  8. ruffianing
  9. ruffianish
  10. ruffianism
  11. ruffianisms

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