toruffle

English

Etymology

From to- +‎ ruffle.

Verb

toruffle (third-person singular simple present toruffles, present participle toruffling, simple past and past participle toruffled)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To ruffle excessively, to the degree of causing something to lose its proper form or shape; ruffle up.
    • John Milton, Comus
      She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings / That in the various bustle of resort / Were all toruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd.

See also
  • altoruffled
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