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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-623/
- Published: 2021-10-13T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-08-18T21:46:05.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:31

The word for today is…

tousle (verb, noun):

*verb*  
: dishevel, rumple

*noun*  
1 *Scotland* : rough dalliance : tussle  
2 : a tangled mass (as of hair)

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tousle?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Tousle is a word that has been through what linguists call a “functional shift.” That’s a fancy way of saying it was originally one part of speech, then gradually came to have an additional function. Tousle started out as a verb back in the 15th century. By the late 19th century, it was also being used as a noun meaning “a tangled mass (as of hair).” Etymologists connect the word to an Old High German word meaning “to pull to pieces.”

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