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Meaning of toruffle | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
/təˈɹʌfəl/

Definitions

To ruffle excessively, to the degree of causing something to lose its proper form or shape; ruffle up.

archaic, transitive

Examples

“She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings / That in the various bustle of resort / Were all toruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd.”

Comus

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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