tuffet
pronunciation
How to pronounce tuffet in British English:
UK ['tʌfɪt]
How to pronounce tuffet in American English:
US ['tʌfɪt]
Word Origin
- tuffet (n.)
- 1550s, "little tuft," from Old French touffel (with diminutive suffix -et for French -el), diminutive of touffe (see tuft). Obsolete except in the nursery rhyme "Little Miss Muffet" (1843), where it has been felt to mean "hassock, footstool." LITTLE Miss Muffet Sat on a tuffet And made of her knees such display That the old fashioned spider, Embarrassed beside her, Was actually frightened away! [Life Oct. 1, 1927]
Example
- 1. Little miss muffet sat on a tuffet ...... there came a big spider ...... who sat down beside her ...... and frightened miss muffet away !
- 2. Little miss muffet little miss muffet sat on a tuffet , eating her curds and whey ; there came a big spider , who sat down beside her and frightened miss muffet away .