ruffless

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adjective

Without a ruff.

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Meanings

adjectiveruffless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout a ruff.

    […] the opinion, therefore, that those ruffless males are birds of a very late brood of the preceding season, is a reasonable conjecture.

    1831, George Montagu, Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds, page 446

Origin

From ruff + -less.

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Cite this entry
APA

ruffless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ruffless

MLA

“ruffless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ruffless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ruffless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ruffless.

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