chuffyadj.1
/ˈtʃʌfi/ Obsolete exc. dialect.
Clownish, churlish, rude, surly, morose.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > surly
carlisha1240
churlishc1405
rustyc1485
ladlike1508
crabbed1535
chumpisha1586
curmudgeonly1590
bear-like1593
bearish1646
surly1670
gruff1691
chuffya1700
gurly1721
ramgunshoch1721
churled18..
gruffy1802
ursine1827
chuff1832
ursal1837
churly1863
a1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Story of Stellio A chuffy lad [L. duri puer oris et audax] was by.
1715 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum (ed. 2) Chuffy, clownish, rough, rude.
So 1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness Chuffy, saucy.
1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield Chuffy, fussy, proud, conceited.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
chuffyadj.2
/ˈtʃʌfi/ Obsolete exc. dialect.
a. Fat, swollen or puffed out with fat, esp. of the cheeks; plump-cheeked; chubby.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > cheek > [adjective] > types of cheek > having
blob-cheeked1552
bright-cheekeda1560
plum-cheeked1598
chub-faced1602
white-cheekedc1602
chuffy1611
lantern-jawed1699
lockram-jawed1699
blubber-cheeked1711
chub-cheeked1715
lank-jawed1778
apple-faced1781
chubby-faced1826
apple-cheeked1827
lank-cheeked1838
bag-cheeked1839
poke-cheeked1843
maiden-cheeked1866
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Gifflard,..Chuffie, full-cheekt; swollen or puft vp, in the face, and throat.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mourru..Chuffie, broad, out-standing, like the face of a Lyon, muzzle of an Oxe, etc.
1714 London Gaz. No. 5274/11 A lusty brown chuffy Woman.
1774 Westm. Mag. 2 93 The chuffy cit [may] his porter swill.
1786 R. Burns Poems 31 A chuffie Vintner.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Chuffy..means fat and fleshy, particularly in the cheeks.
1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words Chuffy, broad-faced, healthy.
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b. chuffy brick: a brick puffed out by the escape of rarified air or steam during burning (O.).
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1879 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (new ed.) Chuffie-cheeks, a ludicrous designation given to a full-faced child.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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