buffetry

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noun

Buffeting; the act of being struck or violently driven from place to place.

Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nounbuffetry (uncountable)
  1. uncountableBuffeting; the act of being struck or violently driven from place to place.

    Forgive! what! I forgiven by thee! I bear the taunt and buffetry!

    1827, Alexander Seton, Poems, Upon Various Subjects and on Various Occasions, page 20
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    'Your nephew lives with you here?' prompted Carrados. He was sorry for the poor lady, forlorn and rather unwieldy among the buffetry of circumstance, but he began to foresee that it might be necessary to keep her to the point.

    1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries

Origin

buffet + -ry

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APA

buffetry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buffetry

MLA

“buffetry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buffetry. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buffetry,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buffetry.

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