Quaffed vs Quiffed - What's the difference?
quaffed | quiffed |
(quaff)
To drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts.
* Shakespeare
* Milton
The act of quaffing, a deep draught.
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(quiff)
(of hair) Arranged in a quiff
(of a person) Having the hair arranged in a quiff.
* 1989 , Peter Tinniswood, Hayballs (page 61)
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
English
Verb
(en verb)- quaffed off the muscadel
- 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 pairingNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* chug * gulp * swig * See alsoquiffed
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- Sharp-quiffed young men in navy-blue blazers and grey flannel trousers.