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Origin of stiff
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1. See firm1.
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British Dictionary definitions for stiff
Derived forms of stiff
stiffish, adjectivestiffly, adverbstiffness, nounWord Origin for stiff
Old English stīf; related to Old Norse stīfla to dam up, Middle Low German stīf stiff, Latin stīpēs wooden post, stīpāre to press
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