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underruff

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-ruff
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To ruff with a trump lower than the trump already played by one's opponent

noun

An act of underruffing

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English ruff English underruff From under- + ruff.

Inflected Forms

underruffs (present, singular) underruffing (participle, present) underruffed (participle, past) underruffed (past) underruffs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

ruff overruff

Questions

What does underruff mean?
To ruff with a trump lower than the trump already played by one's opponent
Where does underruff come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English ruff English underruff From under- + ruff.

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