Ruff

Morpheme

Ruff

Type

free base

Denotation

play a trump card, card game

Etymology

Old French roffle, rouffle and/or Italian ronfa; possibly from Old French triomphe; Italian trionfo; Latin triumphus; Old Latin triumpus

Evidence

overruff, ruff, ruffed, ruffing, ruffs, underruff

Notes

homophone of Rough and Ruffe

Homographs

Ruff, Ruff