buff
/bʌf/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.59 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[…]; but is in a ſuite of buffe […]"
- "1693, John Dryden (translator), The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis Translated into English Verse, London: Jacob Tonson, Satire 10, lines 307-308, p. 203, […] a Visage rough, Deform’d, Unfeatur’d, and a Skin of Buff."
- "His face changed from tan to buff."
- "A diuell in an euerlaſting garment hath him ; / On whoſe hard heart is button’d vp with ſteele : / A Feind, a Fairie, pittileſſe and ruffe : / A Wolfe, nay worſe, a fellow all in buffe […]"
- "He’s a real history buff. He knows everything there is to know about the civil war."
- "I just picked up an epic damage buff! Let's go gank the other team!"
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek [Term?]? Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos)bor. Latin būbalusder. Late Latin bufalusder. Italian bufaloder. Old French bufle Middle French buffleder. English buffe English buff From buffe (“leather”), from Middle French buffle (“buffalo”).
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
- Root: bufer, buffen, byffan, *bubjaną, *bʰeyH-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /bʌf/
- British English: /bʌf/
Usage
Inflected Forms
buffs (plural)
buffer (comparative)
more buff (comparative)
buffest (superlative)
most buff (superlative)
buffs (present, singular)
buffing (participle, present)
buffed (participle, past)
buffed (past)