Associations to the word «Ruffianism»

Adjective

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Wiktionary

RUFFIANISM, noun. The behaviour of a ruffian.

Dictionary definition

RUFFIANISM, noun. Violent lawless behavior.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne