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TiffEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Shortened from Tiffany.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗tiffEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
The origin of the noun is unknown; it is possibly originally dialectal and may be onomatopoeic, representing the sound of a small puff of air or gas. The verb is derived from the noun.
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tiffEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Probably a back-formation from or clipping of tiff(in) (“(light) midday meal or snack, luncheon”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗tiffEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
The origin of the noun is unknown; it may be onomatopoeic, representing the sound of liquor being sipped. The verb is derived from the noun.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗tiffEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
From Middle English tiffen, tif, tiffe (“to adorn, dress up; to arrange (a hairstyle); to disguise”), from Old French tifer, tiffer (“to adorn, dress up”) (modern French attifer (“to deck out”)), from Frankish *tipfōn, *tippōn (“to decorate”), possibly related to Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“plait of hair, tuft; summit, top”) (see the further etymology at that entry). The noun is derived from the verb. cognates * Dutch tippen (“to clip the points or ends of the hair”) * English tip (noun) * Middle High German zipfen (“to bob; to flutter; to frisk, prance, skip; to sashay”) * Old Norse tippa (“point, tip”)
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Chambers (1908)
1908- TiffEnglish · e-38700-5040
Tiff, tif, v.t. to sip, quaff.—n. a dram.
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Tiff, tif, v.t. (obs.) to dress, trick out. [O. Fr. tiffer, atiffer, to adorn; of Teut. origin.]
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Tiff, tif, v.i. to be in a pet—-n: a display of irritation, a pet, huff.—Also Tift. [Orig. a sniff. Norw. tev, a drawing in of the breath, teva, to sniff.]
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