tifflev.¹

/ˈtɪf(ə)l/

Forms: Middle English tifle, Middle English tiffel, tyffle, 1500s tyf(f)ell, 1800s tiffle.

Etymology: Diminutive or frequentative of tiff v.¹

Obsolete exc. dialect.

†1. transitive. To dress up, adorn, deck or trick out (in a trifling or time-wasting way). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautify (the person) [verb (transitive)]

highta1200

atiffe?c1225

tiff?c1225

wyndre?a1366

kembc1386

picka1393

prunec1395

tifta1400

varnishc1405

finea1425

tifflea1425

quaint1484

embuda1529

trick?1532

trick1545

dill1548

tricka1555

prink1573

smug1588

sponge1588

smudge1589

perk1590

primpc1590

sponge1592

tricksy1598

prime1616

sprug1622

briska1625

to sleek upa1625

trickify1678

prim1688

titivate1705

dandify1823

beflounce1824

befop1866

spry1878

lustrify1886

dude1899

doll1916

tart1938

youthify1945

pansy1946

spiv1947

dolly1958

zhuzh1970

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ecclus. xxxii. 15 In the our of risyng, tifle [1382 tyff] thee not. Margin, That is, make thee no tariyng in araiyng, ether tiflyng of heeris, as wymmen doon.

2. intransitive. To busy oneself idly, ‘fiddle’, trifle; to potter about. Now dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity

trifle?a1400

loiterc1400

tiffc1440

tifflec1440

to pick a salad1520

to play the wanton1529

fiddle1530

dauntc1540

piddle1545

dally?1548

pittlea1568

pingle1574

puddle1591

to thrum caps1594

maginate1623

meecha1625

pudder1624

dabble1631

fanfreluche1653

dawdlea1656

taigle17..

niff-naff1728

tiddle1747

peddle1755

gammer1788

quiddle1789

muddle1791

browse1803

niddle1808

poke1811

fal-lal1818

potter1824

footer1825

putter1827

shaffle1828

to fool about1838

mike1838

piffle1847

mess1853

to muck about1856

tinker1856

bohemianize1857

to fool around1860

frivol1866

june1869

muss1876

to muddle about (also around)1877

slummock1877

dicker1888

moodle1893

to fart about1899

to fart about (or around)1899

plouter1899

futz1907

monkey1916

to arse around1919

to play around1929

to fuck around1931

tool1932

frig1933

boondoggle1935

to muck around1935

to screw around1935

to bugger about1937

to bugger around1939

to piss about1943

to dick around1948

to jerk around1953

fart-arse1954

to fanny around1969

slop1973

dork1982

to twat around (or about)1992

to dick about1996

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 493/2 Tyfflynge, or vnprofytabylle werkynge (S.,A.,P. tyffynge).

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 758/1 I tyfell with my fyngers, or busye my selfe longe aboute a thyng.., je tiffe. You have spente two houres to tyffell about this thyng.

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Tiffle, to be mightily busy about little or nothing.

Derivatives

ˈtiffler n. one who ‘tiffles’; in quot. c1535 apparently one who dresses up; in modern dialect a trifler, idler.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] > trifling activity or time-wasting > one who

musardc1330

tifflerc1535

dalliera1568

pingler1578

puddlera1585

wag-wanton1601

fiddle-faddle1602

piddler1602

pedlara1625

potterer1837

frivolist1884

frivoller1889

tiddlywinker1893

muck-about1933

c1535 Ploughman's Tale i. sig. A.iv But Antichrist they seruen clene Attyred all in tyranny..Tyffelers attyred in trechery.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

tiffletiflev.²

/ˈtɪf(ə)l/

Etymology: apparently onomatopoeic.

Chiefly dialect.

transitive. To disorder, disarrange, entangle, ravel; tiffle out, to ravel out.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [verb (transitive)] > ruffle or disorder

ruffle1528

trachlec1550

touta1568

displot1600

tuffle1777

tiffle1811

ruff1819

flout1875

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] > untwist, unravel, etc.

untwinec1407

unlacea1450

untwindc1460

untwist1538

unweave1542

distwine1562

feaze1568

unpleat1572

unspin1587

unplat1589

unwreathe1591

unreave1593

unravel1603

ravel1607

unwrithe1611

uncluea1616

unwork1623

unperplex1660

untwirla1703

unlay1726

disentwine1814

unbraid1828

unmesha1849

disintertwine1861

unplait1865

tiffle out1880

unleeze1889

1811 R. Willan List Words W. Riding Yorks. in Archaeologia (1814) 17 161 Tifle, v. to entangle, to mix and knot threads together.

1815 Monthly Mag. 1 Mar. 125/1 Essex Dialect Tiffle, to disarrange.

1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Tifle, tyfell, to entangle,..to ruffle.

1880 L. S. Floyer Plain Hints Examiners Needlework 121 Tifflings..is used in some parts to describe the ravellings or threads. ‘To tiffle out’, to ravel out or unweave.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	tiffle
释义	tifflev.¹ /ˈtɪf(ə)l/ Forms: Middle English tifle, Middle English tiffel, tyffle, 1500s tyf(f)ell, 1800s tiffle. Etymology: Diminutive or frequentative of tiff v.¹ Obsolete exc. dialect. †1. transitive. To dress up, adorn, deck or trick out (in a trifling or time-wasting way). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautify (the person) [verb (transitive)] highta1200 atiffe?c1225 tiff?c1225 wyndre?a1366 kembc1386 picka1393 prunec1395 tifta1400 varnishc1405 finea1425 tifflea1425 quaint1484 embuda1529 trick?1532 trick1545 dill1548 tricka1555 prink1573 smug1588 sponge1588 smudge1589 perk1590 primpc1590 sponge1592 tricksy1598 prime1616 sprug1622 briska1625 to sleek upa1625 trickify1678 prim1688 titivate1705 dandify1823 beflounce1824 befop1866 spry1878 lustrify1886 dude1899 doll1916 tart1938 youthify1945 pansy1946 spiv1947 dolly1958 zhuzh1970 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ecclus. xxxii. 15 In the our of risyng, tifle [1382 tyff] thee not. Margin, That is, make thee no tariyng in araiyng, ether tiflyng of heeris, as wymmen doon. 2. intransitive. To busy oneself idly, ‘fiddle’, trifle; to potter about. Now dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity trifle?a1400 loiterc1400 tiffc1440 tifflec1440 to pick a salad1520 to play the wanton1529 fiddle1530 dauntc1540 piddle1545 dally?1548 pittlea1568 pingle1574 puddle1591 to thrum caps1594 maginate1623 meecha1625 pudder1624 dabble1631 fanfreluche1653 dawdlea1656 taigle17.. niff-naff1728 tiddle1747 peddle1755 gammer1788 quiddle1789 muddle1791 browse1803 niddle1808 poke1811 fal-lal1818 potter1824 footer1825 putter1827 shaffle1828 to fool about1838 mike1838 piffle1847 mess1853 to muck about1856 tinker1856 bohemianize1857 to fool around1860 frivol1866 june1869 muss1876 to muddle about (also around)1877 slummock1877 dicker1888 moodle1893 to fart about1899 to fart about (or around)1899 plouter1899 futz1907 monkey1916 to arse around1919 to play around1929 to fuck around1931 tool1932 frig1933 boondoggle1935 to muck around1935 to screw around1935 to bugger about1937 to bugger around1939 to piss about1943 to dick around1948 to jerk around1953 fart-arse1954 to fanny around1969 slop1973 dork1982 to twat around (or about)1992 to dick about1996 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 493/2 Tyfflynge, or vnprofytabylle werkynge (S.,A.,P. tyffynge). 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 758/1 I tyfell with my fyngers, or busye my selfe longe aboute a thyng.., je tiffe. You have spente two houres to tyffell about this thyng. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Tiffle, to be mightily busy about little or nothing. Derivatives ˈtiffler n. one who ‘tiffles’; in quot. c1535 apparently one who dresses up; in modern dialect a trifler, idler. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] > trifling activity or time-wasting > one who musardc1330 tifflerc1535 dalliera1568 pingler1578 puddlera1585 wag-wanton1601 fiddle-faddle1602 piddler1602 pedlara1625 potterer1837 frivolist1884 frivoller1889 tiddlywinker1893 muck-about1933 c1535 Ploughman's Tale i. sig. A.iv But Antichrist they seruen clene Attyred all in tyranny..Tyffelers attyred in trechery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). tiffletiflev.² /ˈtɪf(ə)l/ Etymology: apparently onomatopoeic. Chiefly dialect. transitive. To disorder, disarrange, entangle, ravel; tiffle out, to ravel out. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [verb (transitive)] > ruffle or disorder ruffle1528 trachlec1550 touta1568 displot1600 tuffle1777 tiffle1811 ruff1819 flout1875 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] > untwist, unravel, etc. untwinec1407 unlacea1450 untwindc1460 untwist1538 unweave1542 distwine1562 feaze1568 unpleat1572 unspin1587 unplat1589 unwreathe1591 unreave1593 unravel1603 ravel1607 unwrithe1611 uncluea1616 unwork1623 unperplex1660 untwirla1703 unlay1726 disentwine1814 unbraid1828 unmesha1849 disintertwine1861 unplait1865 tiffle out1880 unleeze1889 1811 R. Willan List Words W. Riding Yorks. in Archaeologia (1814) 17 161 Tifle, v. to entangle, to mix and knot threads together. 1815 Monthly Mag. 1 Mar. 125/1 Essex Dialect Tiffle, to disarrange. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Tifle, tyfell, to entangle,..to ruffle. 1880 L. S. Floyer Plain Hints Examiners Needlework 121 Tifflings..is used in some parts to describe the ravellings or threads. ‘To tiffle out’, to ravel out or unweave. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.¹a1425v.²1811
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Derivatives

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