† ˈruffianous, a. Obs.
Also 7 ruffinous.
[f. ruffian n.]
Ruffianly.
| 1555 Instr. Gentleman C iij, Hortentius Corbio, a man of most noughty and Ruffianous life. c 1611 Chapman Iliad vi. 457 To shelter the sad Monument from all the ruffinous pride Of stormes and tempests. |