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单词 tuftaffety
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tuftaffetyn.adj.

Forms:

α. 1500s tufte taffatye, 1500s tufte taffete, 1500s tuft taffetie, 1600s tuft taffety.

β. 1500s tufed tafetie, 1600s tufted taffety.

γ. 1500s tuftataffatie, 1600s tuftafaties (plural), 1600s tufftaffatie, 1600s tuftaffitie, 1600s tuftaffaty, 1600s–1800s tuftaffety.

δ. 1600s tuff taffaty, 1600s tuff taffity, 1600s–1900s tuff taffety.

Most form types occur variably as one word, two words, or hyphenated.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tuft n., taffety n.
Etymology: < tuft n. + taffety n. Compare slightly earlier tuftaffeta n.
Obsolete.
A. n.
1. A kind of taffeta with a pile or nap arranged in tufts; = tuftaffeta n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from choice of fibres > [noun] > taffeta
taffetac1405
taffety1503
tuftaffety1585
1585 Will G. Fitzgerald in C. W. Fitzgerald Earls of Kildare & Ancestors (1858) 214 I wyll and bequethe to my wyffe, as a token of good will and remembrance, a jewel called an aggat, which I boughte latelie and a pece of black tufte taffatye containing thirteen yards.
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 65 As compleate an Adelantado as hee that is knowne by wearing a cloake of tuftataffatie eighteene yeare.
a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) 338 His jerkin..had beene Velvet, but 'twas now (so much ground was seene) Become Tufftaffatie.
1635 T. Cranley Amanda 76 What shall I doe with rich Tuftafaties?
1684 Act Tonnage & Poundage 316 Silk Tuff Taffaty broad the doz. yards..00 04.
2. figurative. A person wearing tuftaffety. rare.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [noun] > wearing clothing made of specific material > one who
tuftaffetya1625
velvet1783
pepper-and-salt1900
leather man1961
a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Coxcombe v. i, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Oo4v/2 Such an old Tuff taffity that knowes not.
B. adj.
1. Made of tuftaffety.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from choice of fibres > [adjective] > taffeta
taffety1503
taffeta1552
tuftaffeta1587
tuftaffety1593
1593 P. Henslowe Diary 2 Sept. (1961) 115 A foreparte of A tufed tafetie ceartell of his owne…xs. vj d.
1605 G. Chapman et al. Eastward Hoe i. i. sig. A4 Do you weare your Quoiffe with a London licket; your Stammell petticoate with two guardes, the Buffin gowne with the Tuftaffitie cape, and the Veluet lace.
1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. E3v Any coacht veluet cappe or tuftaffety iacket.
a1630 F. Moryson in Shakespeare's Europe (1903) i. vi. 96 I did see her apparrelled once in a Tuft taffety gowne and an other tyme in a purple Taffety gowne.
2. figurative.
a. Probably: finely dressed, accustomed to fine living. Cf. taffety adj. 2.Only in, or with reference or allusion to, quot. 1612.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing specific material
woolwardc1315
under line (occasionally in line)c1330
fox-furred1592
furred1592
tuftaffeta1598
tissued?16..
satin1603
silk1603
russet1604
tuftaffety1612
plush1615
sericated1623
sheepskinned1628
silken1640
lawny1647
plushed1650
satined1652
harden1654
sackclotheda1656
bearskinned1694
well-furred?1707
furry1717
brocaded1767
flannelled1784
lawned1798
buckskinned1829
corduroyed1832
silked1837
silkened1841
friezy1849
fustianed1849
velveted1850
buffed1863
buckramed1880
craped1880
crapy1891
velveteened1896
mohaired1914
tweeded1921
tweedy1923
leather1961
1612 W. Symonds Proc. Eng. Colonie Virginia ii. 13 in J. Smith Map of Virginia We daily feasted with..fish, fowle, and diverse sorts of wild beasts as fat as we could eat them: so that none of our Tuftaffaty humorists desired to goe for England.
1747 W. Stith Hist. Virginia ii. 50 None of their humoursome and tuftaffety Sparks (as Smith calls them) were any longer discontented, or desirous to go to England.
1883 A. L. Mason Romance & Trag. Pioneer Life i. 24 The swans, geese, and ducks on the rivers..made life quite tolerable, so that for a while the ‘tuftaffety’ gentlemen of the colony quit wanting to return to England.
1912 E. Markham Real Amer. in Romance (Art ed.) IV. xxiii. 298 The laughter brought others to the group that loitered beneath the shadow of the palisade, ‘tufftaffety’ fellows, reckless and insolent.
b. Of speech: florid, ingratiating. Cf. taffeta adj. 2.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > inflated or bombastic
fleshyc1369
windya1382
unmeasureda1425
puffing1566
embossed1578
puffed1587
bombasted1589
fustian1592
puffya1594
full-mouthed1594
orificial1594
gouty1595
swelling1597
mouth-filling1598
taffeta1598
bombast1601
tiptoe-strouting1602
turgidous1602
swollen1605
dropsieda1616
exsufflicatea1616
turgent1621
ampullous1622
tympanous1625
high-flown1632
tumorousa1637
blustered1638
tumid1648
bombastical1649
ranting1650
inflated1652
tuftaffetya1658
pompiona1670
bombastic1704
dropsical1721
thundering1725
turgid1725
exsuffolate1744
Lexiphanic1767
hi cockalorum1783
Ossianic1788
mouthing1814
mouthy1827
sophomoric1837
highfalutin1839
sophomorical1847
spread eagle1853
tumescent1882
Herodian1886
Ossianesque1889
Barnumesque1890
a1658 ( B. Rudyerd Noctes Templariæ (Harl. 1576) in Mem. (1841) 12 The orator made a neat tuftaffety oration, which was answered in a handsome fustian speech by the Clarke of the Counsaile.
1660 Serm. by Hugh Peters 27 When they do come, it is with such tuff-taffity phraises of Hebrew, Greek and Latine, that scarce any one understands them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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