Where does “chuffily” come from?
chuffily (English) comes from English chuffy, from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢.
chuffily (English): In a clownish manner; In a surly manner
Definitions
- In a clownish manner; In a surly manner
Ancestry of “chuffily”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | chuffy | Fat or puffed out in the cheeks; Rough; boorish;... |
| 2 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 3 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 4 | Japanese | 百合 | lily; a style of 襲の色目 , featuring a red outer... |
| 5 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 6 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 7 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 8 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 9 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 10 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |