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unruffable en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + ruff + -able.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) imperturbable
    • Sam, with a due allowance for the frailties of human nature, obeyed all his master's behests with that imperturbable good-humour and unruffable composure which formed one of his most striking and amiable characteristics. 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers:

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more unruffable Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most unruffable Degree=Sup lexicographic

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unrufflable