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— English words —

• ruffian n. A scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person.
• ruffian n. (Obsolete) A pimp; a pander.
• ruffian n. (Obsolete) A lover; a paramour.
• ruffian v. To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.
• ruffian adj. Brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous.

— In French —

• ruffian n.m. (Péjoratif) Débauché, homme qui vit avec des femmes de mauvaise vie.
• ruffian n.m. Maquereau, entremetteur, proxénète.
• ruffian n.m. Voyou.

23 English words from 5 English definitions

and boisterous brutal cruel deceitful lover murderous Obsolete pander paramour person pimp play rage raise rascal ruffian savagely scoundrel the tumult unprincipled unreliable

3 English words from 3 foreign definitions

des femmes vie

12 foreign words from 3 foreign definitions

avec Débauché entremetteur femmes␣de␣mauvaise␣vie homme Maquereau mauvaise Péjoratif proxénète qui vit Voyou

16 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

ruffians ruffianed ruffianly ruffianage ruffiandom ruffianing ruffianish ruffianism ruffianize ruffianous ruffianhood ruffianisms ruffianized ruffianizes ruffianlike ruffianizing

6 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

FFI FIA Ian -ian ruff UFF

10 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

AIF AIFF fur Fur fur. iff IFF nai naif naïf

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

funfair

3 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

affineur funfairs ruffians

6 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Fafnir Funari furfan ruffin Ruffin unfair

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Buffian Riffian

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

ruffin Ruffin

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