ruffianous

== English == === Etymology === From ruffian +‎ -ous. === Adjective === ruffianous (comparative more ruffianous, superlative most ruffianous) (archaic) Like a ruffian. Synonym: ruffianlike === References === “ruffianous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.