Meanings
plural tuffets
- A clump of grass or similar vegetation; a small grass-covered mound.
Little Miss Muffet, She sat on a tuffet, Eating of curds and whey; There came a little spider, Who sat down beside her, And frighted Miss Muffet away.
1805, Songs for the Nursery, page 23 - An inflatable cushion serving as landing area for precision accuracy parachuting.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchtouffel
- Englishtuffet
From Old French touffel, diminutive of touffe (“tuft”). Regarding etymological and semantic uncertainty, see Wikipedia at Little Miss Muffet § Tuffet and §§ Uncertain meaning.
More words from Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian туфа, ниско столче
- туфа (tufa)clump of grass
- ниско столче (nisko stolče)low seat or stool
Finnish mätäs, rahi
- mätäsclump of grass
- rahilow seat or stool
Hungarian fűcsomó, puff
- fűcsomóclump of grass
- pufflow seat or stool
Cite this entry
tuffet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuffet
“tuffet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuffet. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tuffet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuffet.
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