toruffle

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Definition of toruffle in English English dictionary

To ruffle excessively, to the degree of causing something to lose its proper form or shape; ruffle up

She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings / That in the various bustle of resort / Were all toruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd — John Milton, Comus.

Etymology

() From to- +‎ ruffle.