ruffed

[ ruhft ]

/ rʌft /

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adjective

displaying or wearing a ruff.

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Origin of ruffed

First recorded in 1570–80; ruff¹ + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM ruffed

un·ruffed, adjective

Words nearby ruffed

ruefully, Rufen, rufescent, ruff, ruffe, ruffed, ruffed grouse, ruffian, ruffianism, Ruffini's corpuscle, ruffle

How to use ruffed in a sentence

I'm not going to stand here palavering all day, with my feathers up like a ruffed grouse.
Little Folks (November 1884)|Various
The ruffed grouse sometimes buds in an orchard near the woods, and thus takes the farmer's apple crop a year in advance.
A Year in the Fields|John Burroughs
I have heard the hairbird, and the note of the kingbird; and the ruffed grouse frequently drums at night.
A Year in the Fields|John Burroughs
About Victoria there were found, he said, two species of grouse,—the ruffed grouse and the blue grouse.
Jack the Young Canoeman|George Bird Grinnell

Unseen amid his dun and gray environment, the ruffed grouse skulks unheard, till he bursts away in thunderous flight.
In New England Fields and Woods|Rowland E. Robinson