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单词 ruffled
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ruffledadj.1

Brit. /ˈrʌfld/, U.S. /ˈrəf(ə)ld/
Forms: see ruffle v.1 and -ed suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ruffle v.1, -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < ruffle v.1 + -ed suffix1.
1. Disordered, disarranged; made uneven or irregular; rumpled, crumpled.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective] > rough > made rough or ruffled
ruffled1440
hackled1611
crizzledc1639
asperated1677
roughened1715
roughed1758
rasped1864
sand-blasted1908
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [adjective] > put out of order > ruffled or dishevelled
ruffled1440
toused1582
betumbled1594
rifled1638
dishevelled1647
tumbleda1657
mousled1691
fuffled1827
rufflesome1868
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 439 Rufflyd [?a1475 Winch. Ruffyld], or snarlyd, innodatus, illaqueatus.
a1542 T. Wyatt vii. Penytentiall Psalmes (1549) sig. A.v Hys fayre hoore bearde, of reuerente grauitie Wyth ruffeled heyre.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vi. sig. E8v The wyld woodgods..Find the virgin..With ruffled rayments, and fayre blubbred face.
1638 F. Quarles Elegie Dr. Wilson in Divine Poems (rev. ed.) 510 No farre-fetch'd Metaphor shall smooth or slick My ruffled straine.
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1138 Bristles..like those that ridge the back Of chaf't wild Boars, or ruffl'd Porcupines. View more context for this quotation
1701 Fable of Cuckoo 4 [The eagle] skreek'd, like one possest with raging Fumes, Shaking, like Porcupines, her ruffled Plumes.
1757 T. Gray Ode I i. ii, in Odes 6 With ruffled plumes, and flagging wing.
1845 H. W. Herbert Warwick Woodlands 35 The drake reflects his purple neck to preen his ruffled wing.
1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. xxii. 285 Margaret tried to rise, and drew her ruffled, luxuriant hair instinctly over the cut.
1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion i. i. 21 Yonder bird Prinks with deliberate bill his ruffled plumes.
1941 G. Heyer Faro's Daughter i. 1 While the butler went to convey this message to the morning-caller, her ladyship tidied her ruffled person.
1954 M. K. Wilson tr. K. Lorenz Man meets Dog iii. 34 A strange looking dog, with..ruffled mane and wild eyes.
2005 N. WIlson Nature of Rare Things 96 She lay, sweating and frightened between ruffled sheets.
2. Of the sea, clouds, etc.: agitated, disturbed.
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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > state of sea > [adjective] > agitated
wilda1250
unpeaceablea1398
troubly1398
troubleda1425
trouble1509
working1558
disquiet1587
fretful1616
ruffled1640
fretteda1854
1640 J. Gower tr. Ovid Festivalls iii. 60 Heaven was his footing, and his feet his wings, Whiles 'twixt the skie and ruffled clouds he springs.
1697 C. Hopkins Boadicea iii. i. 23 Winds cease to blow, and weeping Clouds to Rain, And ruffled Seas grow still and smooth again.
1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 6 While black with Storms the ruffled Ocean rolls.
1792 J. Hurdis Sir Thomas More ii. 35 His [sc. the sun's] red morning rays Dance on the ruffled water.
1816 P. B. Shelley Alastor 22 Along the dark and ruffled waters.
1897 J. B. Brown tr. E. de Amicis On Blue Water viii. 158 Gray, ruffled sea which set us rolling violently and covered the deck with spray.
1920 E. Wharton Age of Innocence (1921) xxiii. 239 Ahead lay a fresh world of ruffled waters, and distant promontories.
2001 E. C. Pielou Energy of Nature vii. 75 A slick is a band of smooth water forming a lane across a gently ruffled sea.
3. Of the mind, emotions, etc.: disquieted, stirred up, irritated.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective]
ofgrameda1200
agrameda1300
irk1303
overthoughta1325
aggrievedc1330
annoyedc1330
noyfula1387
teena1400
vexed?c1425
annoyousa1450
angry1485
noyeda1500
irked1513
engrieved1591
exulceratec1592
galled1601
incommodate1622
exulcerated1640
ruffled1659
uncommoded1683
chagrin1706
exacerbated1727
chagrineda1754
vexatious1756
discommoded1773
pipped1797
roiled1818
riled1825
outraged1836
put-out1836
vex1843
niggled1878
narked1888
hacked1892
wired1904
peeved1908
1659 W. Chamberlayne Pharonnida iv. ii. 25 Almanzor oft had vext The calmer passions of the Princess in To rufled anger.
1700 C. Gildon Meas. for Meas. i. i. 7 Musick they say can Calm the ruffled Soul.
1769 J. Wesley Let. 19 Nov. (1931) V. 157 You seem quite ruffled and discomposed because a story was invented of you.
1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. vi. 122 All-powerful in soothing her most ruffled moods.
1891 S. Baring-Gould In Troubadour-land ii He..endeavoured by every means to allay her ruffled temper.
1912 Overland Monthly May 455/1 My ruffled feelings..led me to take a stroll.
1955 W. Tucker Wild Talent xi. 151 Somebody down at State had to soothe his ruffled feelings.
2004 H. Z. Li Water Lily Pond xiv. 115 Busy thoughts raced through my ruffled mind.

Phrases

to smooth (a person's) ruffled feathers: (a) to smarten a person's disarranged or dishevelled appearance or dress (obsolete); (b) to restore a person's equanimity; to appease a person. Hence also simply: ruffled feathers n. a state of anger or irritation.
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1796 J. White Orig. Lett. Sir J. Falstaff 8 Master Pluck, thou wilt be as bare as a drawn goose, an thou dost not smooth thy ruffled feathers.
1840 W. Mudford Stephen Dugard viii. 90 The discovery..was certain to take place as soon as they had smoothed their ruffled feathers.
1888 W. H. Dawson German Socialism & Ferdinand Lassalle 187 Once he wrote to Robertus—it was the only time he showed ruffled feathers during a long controversial correspondence with this valued friend.
1909 Virginia Law Rev. 15 327 The making of the rule absolute as to Shipp and some of his co-defendants in this case is more to ‘smooth ruffled feathers’.
1988 E. Segal Doctors xxxiv. 513 Flattery..smoothed Barney's ruffled feathers._
1997 Electronic Engin. Times 14 July 75/2 Part of the reason for the ruffled feathers was haste.
2010 Scotsman (Nexis) 12 July 30 I can smooth ruffled feathers... I'm well versed as peacemaker.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

ruffledadj.2

Brit. /ˈrʌfld/, U.S. /ˈrəf(ə)ld/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ruffle n.1, -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < ruffle n.1 + -ed suffix2.
Having a ruffle or ruffles; adorned with ruffles. See ruffle n.1 II.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > ornamented or trimmed > ruffled or flounced
ruffled1602
furbelowc1680
furbelowed1702
flounced1709
ruffly1859
flouncy1906
1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iv. sig. I When I see one..wears a ruffled boot, I feare the fashion of his legge.
a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) i. ii. 8 Now it looks just like A ruffled boot.
1713 J. Addison in Guardian 27 July 1/2 A small Skirt of fine ruffled Linnen.
1718 A. Ramsay Tartana 19 How does that naked Space the Spirits move, Between the ruffl'd Lawn and envious Glove?
1801 H. Fuseli Lect. Painting I. ii. 79 A mob of shepherds and shepherdesses,..ruffled Endymion's, humble Juno's.
1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. i. 49 Powdered peruke on nose,..And cane dependent from the ruffled wrist.
1954 N.Y. Times 19 Mar. 20/2 ‘Baby doll’ dresses had ruffled aprons, tiers of tucks and lace.
1992 J. Cartwright Rise & Fall of Little Voice ii. 54 A fancy blouse..from 1964 or thereabouts, with ruffled frontage.
2003 Z. Packer Drinking Coffee Elsewhere (2004) 148 Roaming the halls together in their ankle-length skirts, their long-sleeved ruffled blouses.

Compounds

C1.
ruffled shirt n. = ruffle shirt n.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] > member of
optimate1574
gentle blood1575
patrician1631
grandlinga1637
(man, woman) of fashion1702
Brahmani1704
ruffled shirt1754
aristocrat1789
thoroughbred1817
Brahmin1823
big bug1826
ruffle shirt1830
ruffle-shirter1842
blue blood1850
aristo1864
upper1955
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > shirt > types of > other
bloody shirta1586
ruffle shirt1749
ruffled shirt1754
dicky1781
overshirt1805
camise1812
mill tog1821
boiled shirt1853
Crimean shirt1853
Crimea shirt1857
shirtwaist1859
shirt1867
polo shirt1887
zephyr1887
Ghost Shirt1890
Henley1890
negligée shirt1895
turtle-neck1897
rugby shirt1902
bush shirt1909
tunic shirt1918
safari shirt1921
button-down1924
thousand-miler1929
aloha shirt1936
buba1937
zoot shirt1942
Hawaiian shirt1955
sweater-shirt1964
beach shirt1966
kimono shirt1968
dashiki1969
1754 in Cal. Virginia State Papers (1875) I. 249 2 fine Ruffled shirts and 2 plain shirts for themselves..sent by the Governor to them.
1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table i. 19 Joe Warren, the first bloody ruffled-shirt of the Revolution, was as good as born here.
1905 A. H. Rice Sandy 271 A portrait of her grandfather, brave in a high stock and ruffled shirt.
1996 C. Higson Getting Rid of Mr Kitchen viii. 84 Tonight he had on a dinner suit with ruffled shirt and bow tie.
C2. In the names of plants and animals.
a. General uses.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > [adjective] > having ruff
ruffled1777
1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica II. 1025 [Agaricus anulatus] Ruffled Agaric. Anglis.
1850 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1849: Agric. 289 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 20, Pt. 2) VI The ruffled oat is very much cultivated, and highly esteemed.
1941 J. Steinbeck & E. F. Ricketts Sea of Cortez xvii. 170 There were many of the ruffled clams with hard, thick, wavy shells.
2002 Smithsonian Aug. 72 (caption) From left to right: Malaysia's dwarf Pinanga palm; the South Pacific's Licuala grandis , or giant ruffled fan palm.
b.
ruffled grouse n. now chiefly Canadian the ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus.
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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Bonasa > bonasa umbellus (ruffled grouse)
partridge1578
pheasant1766
birch partridge1823
white flesher1827
ruffled grouse1850
willow grouse1850
pat1933
1850 S. F. Cooper Rural Hours 13 Our Partridge or Pheasant, or Ruffled Grouse, as we should rather call it, is a more hardy bird.
1878 N. H. Bishop Voy. Paper Canoe 134 The Ruffled Grouse (Bonasa umbellus), so abundant in New Jersey, is not a resident of the peninsula.
2003 Canad. Geographic May 114/2 Heinrich takes us into the secret, subnivian..passages of voles, shrews, mice and the occasional ruffled grouse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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