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Quaffed vs Quiffed - What's the difference?

quaffed | quiffed |

As verbs the difference between quaffed and quiffed

is that quaffed is (quaff) while quiffed is (quiff).

As an adjective quiffed is

(of hair) arranged in a quiff.

quaffed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (quaff)

  • quaff

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts.
  • * Shakespeare
  • quaffed off the muscadel
  • * Milton
  • They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet / Quaff immortality and joy.

    Quotations

    {{timeline, 1500s=1594, 1600s=1667, 1800s=1845 1852}} * 1594 — Shakespeare, i 2 *: Please ye we may contrive this afternoon, / And quaff carouses to our mistress' health * 1667 — Book V *: They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet *: Quaff immortality and joy... * 1845 — *: Quaff', oh ' quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore! * 1852 — *: Even while quaffing the third draught of the Fountain of Youth, they were almost awed by the expression of his mysterious visage.

    Antonyms

    * (wine terminology) food pairing

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of quaffing, a deep draught.
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  • Synonyms

    * chug * gulp * swig * See also

    quiffed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (quiff)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of hair) Arranged in a quiff
  • (of a person) Having the hair arranged in a quiff.
  • * 1989 , Peter Tinniswood, Hayballs (page 61)
  • Sharp-quiffed young men in navy-blue blazers and grey flannel trousers.