rufflyadj.
/ˈrʌfli/, /ˈrʌfl̩i/, U.S. /ˈrəf(ə)li/ Characterized by ruffles (in various senses); (also) ruffled, curled.
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the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [adjective] > curly
crispc900
crullc1300
curledc1380
crispy1398
crispedc1400
encrispedc1420
lockeredc1440
locker?a1500
curly1774
tendrilled1806
kinky1844
ruffly1859
buckling1861
peppercorn1868
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
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing parts of clothing
purfledc1400
weltedc1507
blue1600
buttoned1604
cockaded1713
epauletted1810
shoulder-knotted1812
plumigerous1827
white-favoured1847
buttony1848
scale-shouldered1849
pointed1904
whaleboned1908
ruffly1909
ruched1923
1859 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 284/2 Was you pooty sick aboard the boat?.. Women 'most alluz is,—'specially wen it's so ruffly as it is to-day.
1860 Narragansett II. iv. 81 A waistcoat..and a heavy drag of linen that displayed a ruffly mass wherever it showed itself.
1883 K. S. Macquoid Her Sailor Love II. iii. iii. 6 Her soft, shining, light brown hair..grew ruffly about her temples.
1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay iii. ii. 294 They all sat about in the summer-house..and were very hatty and ruffley and sunshadey.
1959 R. Caudill Schoolroom in Parlor 38 Soon another kernel popped, and two ruffly white balls went bobbing across the popper.
1986 L. Robertson et al. New Laurel's Kitchen 197 A bright green, ruffly vegetable dish that is simply unbeatable.
2000 Sun-Herald (Sydney) 18 June (Sunday Life section) 24/1 There's only one problem with this ruffly wrap skirt..: it's only held on by three press studs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1859