toff

Meaning

Noun

  • An elegantly dressed person.
  • A person of the upper class or with pretensions to it, who usually communicates an air of superiority.

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Opposite words

Origin

  • Probably an alteration of tuft, referring to the gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities.

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