"ruffin" meaning in English

See ruffin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɹʌfɪn/ Forms: more ruffin [comparative], most ruffin [superlative]
Etymology: See ruffian. Head templates: {{en-adj}} ruffin (comparative more ruffin, superlative most ruffin)
  1. (obsolete) disordered Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-ruffin-en-adj-WpMkwRq8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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      "form": "more ruffin",
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    },
    {
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          "ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 34:",
          "text": "His ruffin raiment all was staind with blood.",
          "type": "quote"
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      ],
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        "disordered"
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        "(obsolete) disordered"
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹʌfɪn/"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "more ruffin",
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        "comparative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "most ruffin",
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        "superlative"
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