toff
Plural: toffs
Noun
- A person of high social standing or wealth; a dandy.
- informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person
- An elegantly dressed person.
- A person of the upper class or with pretensions to it, who usually communicates an air of superiority.
Examples
- He played "TOFF" with an air of superiority, as if born into Scrabble royalty.
Origin / Etymology
Probably an alteration of tuft, referring to the gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities.
Synonyms
nob, Jemmy-Jessamy, barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck, carpet knight, cockscomb, dandy, dike, dood, dude, dudelet, exquisite, fashionable, fast man, fine gentleman, fop, foretop, fribble, gallant, go, jack-a-dandy, jetter, macaroni, masher, metrosexual, mignon, petit maître, popinjay, pretty boy, prig, puss-gentleman, smart, spark, spiff, swell, tippy, toff, yah
Scrabble Score: 10
toff: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtoff: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
toff: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary