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buffle en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

(Southern-England) audio
/ˈbʌfəl/

Etymology

From Middle French buffle. Doublet of bubale and buffalo.

Meanings

(obsolete) A buffalo.
- [the Malayan tongue word list] An Oxe or Buffle: Cambi 1634, T[homas] H[erbert], A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
buffles	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

buffle duck · buffle-headed · bufflehead

buffle en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

(Southern-England) audio
/ˈbʌfəl/

Meanings

(intransitive) To puzzle; to baffle.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
buffling	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
buffles	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
buffled	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
buffled	Tense=Past		lexicographic

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