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<blockquote data-quote="ThreeShadows" data-source="post: 248731" data-attributes="member: 6370"><p>You're right! It's Scottish:</p><p> Main Entry:ker·fuf·fle </p><p>Function:<em>noun</em> Etymology:alteration of <em>carfuffle,</em> from Scots <em>car-</em> (probably from Scottish Gaelic <em>cearr</em> wrong, awkward) + <em>fuffle</em> to become disheveledDate:1946 <em>chiefly British</em> <strong>:</strong> <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disturbance" target="_blank">disturbance</a> , <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fuss" target="_blank">fuss</a></p><p></p><p>I feel such a fool. I'm usually pretty good at figuring words out ( 6 years of Latin, One of Classical Greek, lived in Europe ).</p><p></p><p>Well, it should be a yiddish word! So many great English words come from the Yiddish.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThreeShadows, post: 248731, member: 6370"] You're right! It's Scottish: Main Entry:ker·fuf·fle Function:[I]noun[/I] Etymology:alteration of [I]carfuffle,[/I] from Scots [I]car-[/I] (probably from Scottish Gaelic [I]cearr[/I] wrong, awkward) + [I]fuffle[/I] to become disheveledDate:1946 [I]chiefly British[/I] [B]:[/B] [URL='http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disturbance']disturbance[/URL] , [URL='http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fuss']fuss[/URL] I feel such a fool. I'm usually pretty good at figuring words out ( 6 years of Latin, One of Classical Greek, lived in Europe ). Well, it should be a yiddish word! So many great English words come from the Yiddish. [/QUOTE]
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