"ruffiano" meaning in All languages combined

See ruffiano on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: ruffianos [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ruffiano (plural ruffianos)
  1. (obsolete) A ruffian. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-ruffiano-en-noun-H1hy5M3- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /rufˈfja.no/ Forms: ruffiani [plural], ruffiana [feminine]
Rhymes: -ano Etymology: From roffia (“dirt”), from Old High German hruf (“eschar, crust”). Cognate with Icelandic hrufla (“to scratch”), English ruffle. Alternatively from Vulgar Latin *rufianus, from rūfus (“red”). Etymology templates: {{m|it|roffia||dirt}} roffia (“dirt”), {{der|it|goh|hruf||eschar, crust}} Old High German hruf (“eschar, crust”), {{cog|is|hrufla||to scratch}} Icelandic hrufla (“to scratch”), {{cog|en|ruffle}} English ruffle, {{inh|it|VL.|*rufianus}} Vulgar Latin *rufianus, {{m|la|rūfus||red}} rūfus (“red”) Head templates: {{it-noun|m|f=+}} ruffiano m (plural ruffiani, feminine ruffiana)
  1. pander, procurer, pimp Tags: masculine Categories (topical): People Synonyms: magnaccia, protettore, lenone, pappone
    Sense id: en-ruffiano-it-noun-6N1ioMSO Disambiguation of People: 16 21 21 21 21 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 69 2 11 2 15
  2. bootlicker Tags: masculine Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-ruffiano-it-noun-zTT~-Wzy Disambiguation of People: 16 21 21 21 21
  3. sycophant Tags: masculine Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-ruffiano-it-noun-D32fjiyn Disambiguation of People: 16 21 21 21 21
  4. flunky Tags: masculine Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-ruffiano-it-noun-CSthdArW Disambiguation of People: 16 21 21 21 21
  5. hanger-on Tags: masculine Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-ruffiano-it-noun-cIlio4Vu Disambiguation of People: 16 21 21 21 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: arrufianarsi, ruffiana, ruffianata, ruffianesco, ruffianeggiare, ruffineria

Inflected forms

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    {
      "rhymes": "-ano"
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