ruffian
Ruffian [ɡʀoːbi̯aːn] is a name for a person who is in tact or good manners lacking.
The word, derived from the adjective “coarse”, arose in early New High German as a joke as a macaronic analogy to saints such as Damian , as suggested by its use in Sebastian Brant's Ship of Fools : eyn nuwer heylig means grobian. It is also possible to derive or influence “coarse Johann” or “coarse Hans” - with Luther as Hans Grobianus - where Hans stands as a placeholder for any name in all streets, similar to Hanswurst or Hansdampf . The word brute is also found in the Scandinavian languages; in Swedish it was referred to the nobles Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna and Johan Stenbock, who lived in the 17th century and were popularly called "Grob-Jan".
A genre of the 16th – 17th centuries is used as bruteism or brute. Century designates: table breeding in which the gross customs and traditions of the time are satirically described.
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- ↑ Ruffian . In: Friedrich Kluge (conception), Elmar Seebold (arrangement): Etymological dictionary of the German language . 24th edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-11-017472-3 , p. 374.
- ↑ Ruffian. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 9 : Greander gymnastics - (IV, 1st section, part 6). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1935, Sp. 417 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
- ↑ coarse . In: Svenska Academies ordbok .