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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ruffianous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ruf-fi-anous
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like a ruffian.

Archaic

Etymology

From ruffian + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more ruffianous (comparative) most ruffianous (superlative)

Synonyms

ruffianlike

Questions

What does ruffianous mean?
Like a ruffian.
Where does ruffianous come from?
From ruffian + -ous.

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