Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ruffless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ruf-f-less
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without a ruff.

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

From ruff + -less.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ruff

Questions

What does ruffless mean?: Without a ruff.
Where does ruffless come from?: From ruff + -less.

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