Middle English Dictionary Entry
rif-raf n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rif-raf n. Also rifferaffe. |
| Etymology | From rif n.(1) & raf n.(1); cp. AF rif et raf. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Persons of low degree, riffraff.
Associated quotations
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)191 : Many a man was mortheryde and kylde in that conflycte, I wot not what name hyt for the multytude of ryffe raffe.