Kerfuffle Definition
kûr-fŭfəl
noun
A to-do or fuss.
American Heritage
Disorder; uproar; confusion.
Webster's New World
A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion or tumult.
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Other Word Forms of Kerfuffle
Noun
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kerfufflesOrigin of Kerfuffle
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Scots variant of curfuffle cur- intensive pref. (from Scots Gaelic car twist, turn about) (from Old Irish cor a turn sker-2 in Indo-European roots) fuffle put into disorder (of imitative origin)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Probably from Scots curfuffle, equivalent to ker- + fuffle, or related to Irish cior thual (“char athwart: confusion, disorder”). Similar to modern Welsh cythrwfl (“uproar, trouble, agitation”)
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