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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ruffian/ˈrʌfiən/

▶noun a violent or lawless person.

– derivatives
ruffianism noun,
ruffianly adjective.

– origin C15: from OFr. ruffian, from Ital. ruffiano, perh. from dial. rofia ‘scab, scurf’, of Gmc origin.

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