单词 | ruffiandom |
释义 | ruffiandomn. Now rare. The realm or domain of ruffians; ruffians collectively. Also: the state or condition of being a ruffian; ruffianism. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > [noun] > and domain ruffiandom1852 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > ruffian > [noun] > collectively ruffianry1583 ruffianism1589 ruffianage1809 ruffiandom1852 ruffianhood1855 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > person > collectively ruffianage1809 ruffiandom1852 ruffianhood1855 ruffianism1890 ruffianry1891 1852 Nation (Dublin) 22 May 595/2 Will you vote for and labour to..have the glebe lands restored to their original purpose the support of the parochial poor, which act would terminate the career of ruffiandom. 1877 19th Cent. Nov. 582 [The sisters] now forlornly resident in the house of a merchant banker in Bucharest..—outraged by God knows what ruffiandom of uncounted Bulgarians. 1886 G. Gissing Isabel Clarendon II. v. 109 He never sank to sheer ruffiandom. 1911 J. H. Longford Story of Korea xv. 328 The Japanese who came to these ports were the reverse of a credit to their country;..the scum of all the ruffiandom of Japan predominated among them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1852 |
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