Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn elegantly dressed person. · A person of the upper class or with pretensions to it, who usually communicates an air of superiority.
Probably an alteration of tuft, referring to the gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities.
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