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Webster 1913 Edition


Spoffish

Spof′fish

(spŏf′fĭsh)
,
Adj.
[Probably from Prov. E.
spoffle
to be spoffish.]
Earnest and active in matters of no moment; bustling.
[Colloq. Eng.]
Dickens.

Definition 2024


spoffish

spoffish

English

Adjective

spoffish (comparative more spoffish, superlative most spoffish)

  1. (Britain, colloquial, dated) earnest and active in matters of no importance; bustling
    • Charles Dickens
      A little spoffish toad-eater, with green spectacles, always pretending to know everybody []